July 4, 2010

This Fourth of July Ben wanted to avoid the crowd of the actual fireworks, so we set ourselves up at a strip mall across the street from the park where the fireworks were to be set off.
We arrived early and had plenty of time to play and have fun. Eddie and Peter especially loved eating candy (I happened upon a hidden stash of Easter candy before we left for the fireworks!) and running around on the grass. They also met a new little friend named Spencer that they had lots of fun with.
We lit our first sparklers that our fireworks neighbors gave to us. They freaked E and P out at first, but eventually E held his own.
When the show finally started, we were disappointed to learn that our view was almost totally blocked by a big tree. We saw the fireworks that went up really high; that was about it. Peter watched from Dad's shoulders for a minute before he realized they weren't really worth it. Then he laid on the blanket (or played with passing dogs) until it was time to go home. The good news is no one was scared of the fireworks this year.

Overall we had fun. Despite all my complaining about tired kids on July 5, I am sure we will go again next year. Though, we will not be going to this same strip mall!