Photo shoot :)

Ava, Harper, and Delaney posing for the camera after the pancake breakfast at the firehall, and 4th of July festivities at the beach.

Grandpa Rich is a fireman for the Cumberland Fire Dept. Each year they put on a pancake breakfast...AND each year Sparky, (aka a fireman dressed up in a dog costume - wonder how they decide that one?!?), makes the girls cry. Last year it was Ava. This year, Harper watched every move Sparky made. He started getting close, she tensed up, and let out a big cry. Ava was sitting next to her and began to cry, also. Delaney was a brave girl...She is learning the animal sounds, so just started panting like a dog :) I'm sure next year she'll catch on :)

The girls had fun playing games at the beach. It was amazing..."The ville" style games in Cumberland...Throwing the rings around pop bottles, knocking down the milk bottles, throwing balls into a toilet, good ol' traditional limbo AND limbo with a twist - jumping OVER the limbo stick, and candy walk. I almost forgot to mention the two 4th of July visitors (you know, the ones who wear their swimsuits ALL DAY at the beach - sun up to sun down - and then again the next day) who were raking in the money painting tattoos on the kids. I just kept telling myself that the the poor girls were doing this to raise money for "tooth"brushes! The 4th of July in Cumberland brings out all kinds. Next year I may just bring my video camera!