we took the girls to the playground this afternoon and had a fourth of july picnic. we had a very all american meal (sans the apple pie, which was really too bad); fried chicken, biscuits, coleslaw and mac and cheese. ooh, it was yummy!
after we ate, danny took the girls to play and i took henry for a walk.
poor henry spent most of the afternoon in his stroller, in the shade. couldn't let all that soft, pink, fair skin fry in the sunshine. he did pretty well, though.
(click on the picture to blow it up and check out this kid's HUGE teeth!)we stopped at the grocery store and the fireworks stand on the way home from the park. danny took abbey with him to get the fireworks and let her pick the ones she wanted!
we bbq some hot dogs for dinner and paired them with potato salad and watermelon. yummy! we all ate way too much and then topped everything off with root beer floats!
we bbq some hot dogs for dinner and paired them with potato salad and watermelon. yummy! we all ate way too much and then topped everything off with root beer floats!
we had the kids sit in the car while danny set off the fireworks so no one (namely ellie) would get too curious. it worked out surprisingly well. since our kids are so little, and they have attention spans like goldfish, we didn't put on a very long show. we burned a couple of sparklers, set off a saturn whistle (i hate those), and lit abbey log looking explosive (see picture) that sparkled for about 6 seconds. it was just long enough and a huge hit.
well, with everyone except henry. poor little boy did not enjoy one second of our lovely, patriotic display.
