July 4th

Cause baby you're a firework!

Come on let your colors burst!

Okay, I might have been singing this song to Maggie all day on the Fourth of July. Having just been back from a whirlwind trip to DC (more of that to come soon), we hung out around the house for the morning and just relaxed. We would have been okay relaxing in the afternoon too, but dollar days at the 4H fair were calling our name. We knew Henry would love the rides - and he did! Best $10 spent on an evening of fun :)

of course, our boy found a train to ride, and liked sitting in the conductor's seat

He was really funny driving these boats - when he got on, he was in his own little world just turning the wheel and talking to himself. It wasn't for quite awhile later that he realized you could "bonk" other kids

Maggie was a bit perplexed at all the excitement, lights and sounds.

She also seems to be a bit perplexed at the camera because she makes this face every time I pull it out.

We broke up the rides - thus making it last longer of course! - with some visits to the animals. Henry really liked the rabbits "mommy, they're so cute!"

This picture cracks me up. He told us he was telling some stories to the goats. "Now you listen here, goats!"

This kid was showing off his new kid of only 11 days old. He was full of goat knowledge that he shared with Henry, and Henry was fascinated by the older boy.

Star Spangled Baby

I love 4th of July - it is one of my favorite holidays, right up there with Christmas. And I love fireworks, so I was only a little disappointed we couldn't see any big show this year. With little kids, we just couldn't see keeping Henry up so late, even with a long, late nap. Maybe next year, but Maggie will probably be the bedtime conflict. Gabe and I were able to spend some quality time watching fireworks from the neighborhood on the end of our driveway, and did a few sparklers ourselves. Mind you, these sparklers were from three years ago, but they still worked! Who saves sparklers for three years, really? The funny thing is, we couldn't even use them all so they went right back down in the basement to be saved for next year. I'm not a hoarder, really. I promise. Just some practical tendencies to never throw away anything that I might someday want to use. That's Type A and a teacher for you. Here's to this year's (and next year's!) Fourth of July!