I did the girls' hair in stars in honor of the holiday.
We went to a local parade. We had never been before. We luckily found some sidewalk near the King family and enjoyed a little bit of shade. It was hot, but fun.
Waiting
Megan, Tyler, Emily
Us
The kids loved getting the candy.
At the end of the parade a fire truck sprayed water on the crowd.
Later that day Megan and Emily helped me add ice to the homemade ice cream machine.
We barbecued and ate dinner outside.
We watched a movie to kill time before going outside to do our fireworks. Everyone, including (maybe especially) Darrell, loved those white popping things that you throw at the ground.
Here's a view from the flag with fireworks in the background. The night sky was filled with tons and tons of aerial fireworks all around us. Why blow up your own "money" when you can watch everyone else do that for free?
Doing our small $10 package of fireworks when it got dark.
I bought 6 boxes of sparklers and each box had 5 sparklers in it. I thought we'd each do 6 sparklers and that would be that. We even drilled a tiny hole in those big plastic Dixie cups so they could hold on to the sprinkler handle inside the cup, while the rest of the cup protected their hands. Well, Emily must have pulled her sparkler down into the cup because it melted the cup and burned her hand. She was done after that. Tyler only did 2 sparklers and he was done. So, that left Megan, Tyler and me to do the rest of the 27 sparklers.
I love watching the kids' excitement at holidays. It's fun to have traditions and celebrate the wonderful country we live in.
