Anywho.....While Eric worked most of the day, I took Sade to swimming lessons and then hung out at home with the kiddies and cooked. As previously mentioned I am not entirely festive, however I tried to put a bit of effort into a red, white and blue brownie dessert.
Eric finally arrived home from work and brought fireworks with him! Unwrapping and checking them all out is a highlight for Jackson and Sade.
Then it was time to head off to our friends the Baird's for a feast and fireworks.
The feast:
After dinner, while the kids swam, we adults played Racko. I was the big winner!
It finally became dark enough for fireworks! I thought our neighborhood was crazy on the 4th of July, but Amy and Kade have some neighbors that put ours to shame. There was a constant barrage of big fireworks that made me feel better about not taking my kids to Seastrand.
We stuck with sparklers and lots of ground based fireworks:
Megan was our main fireworks lighter:
Jackson was content to watch, but finally agreed to help Eric light one:
The night ended with our grand finale, which consisted of lighting multiple boxes of worms! It was the kids favorite part.
Happy (Belated) 4th of July!
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2 comments:
I am not too big a fan of the 4th either. Anything that interrupts my sleep is not for me. I love the dog in the pool with the kids, our dog would be way too chicken. Your dessert looks awesome, the most festive I got was cutting watermelon :)
I would never actually go to Seastrand for the fireworks, but you can get a good view from Legacy high school parking lot, and not so close that the kids complain about the noise. My parents' house has a great view so that's where we went this year. But to go to seastrand, no thank you!
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