The 4th of July was on a Monday this year. It didn’t really matter to us teachers…everyday is the weekend for the 9 weeks of summer heaven. But for the rest of the world a lot of people had to go to work.
Since Caoimhe landed on July 1st…I thought staying around the house the first weekend would probably be good. Wanted to get her body clock set to California time (and with the help of a little pink pill called Benedryl she had NO PROBLEM in the sleep department).
So we BBQ’d, swam and did some legal fireworks ILLEGALLY in our backyard (they were legally purchased in Fontana but since our city prohibits them we illegally did them in the backyard). Caoimhe had never really seen these types of fireworks before. So it was fun. The kids loved the little show as well. And the fact that our neighborhood didn’t seem to give a darn about the “no fireworks” law…because a lot of them were shooting up in the air and cooler than the disneyland show!!
Owen was a little obsessed.
Ella liked the sparklers but was surprisingly pretty cautious.
And Owen’s love of the sparklers ended about 3 second after this picture was taken…
I should have looked on pinterest BEFORE this evening and used the “solo cup over the hand trick”…yeeaaahhh for next year!!
Maggie slept and we watched fireworks…it was a nice day/evening to start our Independence Day celebrations.
And I laugh because I remember a few years ago when we did fireworks at my parents house…and Owen was about the same age as Ella is now…and he was terrified. And then I looked at Ella….and she is the TOTAL opposite!
The Beast loved it…the loud bangs would startle her but for the most part shes all about the big show!! haha
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