?Happy? 4th of July

The weekend of the 4th was a little challenging at the Muller house. We had great plans filled with parades, fireworks and getting together with friends. As we were getting ready for the Urbandale parade and walking out the door, Meredith felt the need to vomit. So, Clay eagerly volunteered to stay home with her and Lauren and I met some friends to go to the parade. Lauren had so much fun and was completely worn out after the long parade. Here we are at the parade.



On Saturday night Clayton went to visit some friends and took Lauren while Melanie stayed home with Meredith. They did get a chance to see some small fireworks on Saturday night. Lauren was so excited to go to the Waukee parade on Sunday and watch the fireworks from the top of her new swingset. But...it rained and rained and it was cancelled, but postponed to Monday so there was still hope. Then in the wee hours of Monday morning the flu moved on to Lauren and Melanie. Not a great day! So, we missed the parade again (and Meredith never went to one) and the fireworks were cancelled again. But on a good note, we are feeling better now but Lauren is still a little disappointed that she didn't get to watch the fireworks from her swing set (we typically can see them from our back yard)..and Melanie is a little disappointed she didn't get a picture of the girls in their adorable 4th of July outfits. Several attempts were made over a series of days and these are the best results that we have.

We just want to play mom, leave us alone.


On the 3rd day of putting the dresses on again, I thought if I just hold them they will be happy. You can decide!