The Fourth of July came with red, white, blues, stars and stripes, fireworks and all the hallmark foods of summer. Watering the plants in the morning I noticed our "4th of July" Bachelor Buttons had bloomed just in time:
I made blueberry pancakes for the children and rushed to get things ready for our one hour drive south to my sister's small town. Evie was having a horrible morning because she had laid out what she wanted to wear and it somehow vanished. We ended up leaving about thirty minutes later then planned but it turned out all right! We could walk right to where we needed to be and find a place to watch the 11:00 parade.
The parade was short and sweet with cute old cars, noisy firetrucks and friendly community members handing out (too much) candy to the kids. They were thrilled...
The temperature was very comfortable, sometimes the Fourth of July can be unbearably hot.
It was a full day of playing in the pool, playing with cousins, eating snacks and exploring.
Mako was so anxious to do fireworks. I took the kids the night before to the fireworks store and Masa had bought some fireworks onsale from last year. The little girls are a little scared of fireworks, and Rosamund was sleepy. I gave her a bath and tucked her in, sadly missing most of the fireworks show!
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