Our July 4th day was the standard American celebration. BBQ with some fabulous friends with some yummy food. Great hosts who didn't kick us out even after Taylor peed on their bathroom floor and rug. Mason loved the pasta salad. Brennan was in heaven with the baked beans, Taylor ate a large portion of watermelon, and Carter pretty much ate the hot dog. Brennan's tummy continued to expand through the homemade Mango Sorbet which we cut him off of because he was just eating the adult size portion with no cares in the world. Because of Mikes back we did a divide and conquer evening for the fireworks and fair. We took two cars and at the end of the BBQ Mason was fighting to go with Dad. We told him countless times that Mike was going home, but he wouldn't have it. Mike does report that once they got home Mason finally got it and was a little bummed out. So Mike had Brennan and Mason while the rest of us party animals headed to the fair.
Carter and I went on a ride called the Midnight Express. Crazy fair ride made me feel like I was shaking for about 5 minutes afterwards. Carter's head looked like it was going to snap off his body, so fun was had by all...NOT! Carter was just "bursting to go on a ride mom." At one point I did hear, "Make it stop, I don't like it, make it stop!" Then as it slowed down to end he was saying how fun it was and he wanted to go again. We did not go again for a second round of torture. I think I was holding on to Carter really tight because I am actually sore today from it. After that grand time Carter took a couple turns down a slide that was super tall and then we went and bought some candy floss(cotton candy). Taylor spent that time with her favorite person and one of our friends, Robyn. Although when we got back we did find it had been a community effort because of my daughters unpredictable bladder. Thanks guys!! We enjoyed a concert by the Tops in Blue. Some was a little cheesy, but the kids really enjoyed it and it was quite an impressive set up. They are all active duty Air Force who try out and tour for one year doing concerts all over the world. They were very good and entertaining as well. The transition from concert to fireworks was poorly executed. They didn't think things out to well when it came to the big trucks that were in the way of seeing all the lower ground firework action. Then the music was having problems so they would delay the fireworks while trying to sort that out. The kids loved it and Carter ran in circles the whole time screaming that they were shooting at him. Overall, the fireworks were pretty good, although the worst year ever in comparison to the few we have been too up here. Just technical difficulties. What do you do, right? Then it was the find your car fun! This is why I need Mike at these things every year. I can never find the van afterwards, he on the other hand has a built in GPS that leads the way. I was WAY off course and was thankful for a car alarm. Rows that were rows were now just big long lines of people trying to leave. Thankfully we passed a dozen people who were also just trying to find their vehicle and so I didn't feel to stupid. We found it, we made it home safe, and I crashed about 2 minutes later.
Our July 4th day was the standard American celebration. BBQ with some fabulous friends with some yummy food. Great hosts who didn't kick us out even after Taylor peed on their bathroom floor and rug. Mason loved the pasta salad. Brennan was in heaven with the baked beans, Taylor ate a large portion of watermelon, and Carter pretty much ate the hot dog. Brennan's tummy continued to expand through the homemade Mango Sorbet which we cut him off of because he was just eating the adult size portion with no cares in the world. Because of Mikes back we did a divide and conquer evening for the fireworks and fair. We took two cars and at the end of the BBQ Mason was fighting to go with Dad. We told him countless times that Mike was going home, but he wouldn't have it. Mike does report that once they got home Mason finally got it and was a little bummed out. So Mike had Brennan and Mason while the rest of us party animals headed to the fair.
Carter and I went on a ride called the Midnight Express. Crazy fair ride made me feel like I was shaking for about 5 minutes afterwards. Carter's head looked like it was going to snap off his body, so fun was had by all...NOT! Carter was just "bursting to go on a ride mom." At one point I did hear, "Make it stop, I don't like it, make it stop!" Then as it slowed down to end he was saying how fun it was and he wanted to go again. We did not go again for a second round of torture. I think I was holding on to Carter really tight because I am actually sore today from it. After that grand time Carter took a couple turns down a slide that was super tall and then we went and bought some candy floss(cotton candy). Taylor spent that time with her favorite person and one of our friends, Robyn. Although when we got back we did find it had been a community effort because of my daughters unpredictable bladder. Thanks guys!! We enjoyed a concert by the Tops in Blue. Some was a little cheesy, but the kids really enjoyed it and it was quite an impressive set up. They are all active duty Air Force who try out and tour for one year doing concerts all over the world. They were very good and entertaining as well. The transition from concert to fireworks was poorly executed. They didn't think things out to well when it came to the big trucks that were in the way of seeing all the lower ground firework action. Then the music was having problems so they would delay the fireworks while trying to sort that out. The kids loved it and Carter ran in circles the whole time screaming that they were shooting at him. Overall, the fireworks were pretty good, although the worst year ever in comparison to the few we have been too up here. Just technical difficulties. What do you do, right? Then it was the find your car fun! This is why I need Mike at these things every year. I can never find the van afterwards, he on the other hand has a built in GPS that leads the way. I was WAY off course and was thankful for a car alarm. Rows that were rows were now just big long lines of people trying to leave. Thankfully we passed a dozen people who were also just trying to find their vehicle and so I didn't feel to stupid. We found it, we made it home safe, and I crashed about 2 minutes later.
3 comments:
Sounds like quite an evening!! I'm glad you had some fun though. My favorite holiday wasn't quite the best this year either, for obvious reasons. :) Its funny though our fireworks kept getting stopped because of technical difficulties with the music as well. ha ha
wow! this all sounds like a lot of fun! great times great times! its so neat that you were able to pull it off as super mom! youre wonderful! the pics are really good ones! dont you just love the bladder control issues of our little ones! i had a great poop party yesterday!
"Make it stop! Make it stop!" lol. I'm still laughing at that!
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