4th of July
The fourth started on the third for me… My sister and her husband came over and we had a great time playing games. We played the cranium family game, Thing-ama-bots, and Mario Party 8. My brother-in-law won much to the chagrin of Jon. We didn’t’ get to bed until after 2, which was cool because the 4th is a holiday…
At 7 o’clock the phone rang because Jon committed to set out American flags for the scouts at 7 and forgot to set his alarm – much to the chagrin of me! Ali kicked me out of bed (quite literally) and out the door we went. Jon commented how nice it was to be out early on a holiday without the hustle and bustle of the week and to be doing something good at the same time. It only took us an hour or so and when we got back everyone was still asleep. It was nice to just hang around until everyone got up. We had a nice breakfast and a day with no agenda. We did a little shopping for dinner and then went for a swim. Matthew DOES NOT like swimming. In the evening we collected the flags and then had a nice dinner.
By 8 I was ready for bed, but Ali literally kicked me out of bed again to get the fireworks going. She had bought a large collection for the 4th and didn’t want them to go to waste. I guess there is some precedent since I found a bunch that were left from last year on the 3rd and we lit them that night. Jon had a great time telling us about the virtues of the different fireworks before he lit them. They are all cardboard tubes that sparkle to me. Since it doesn’t actually get dark until almost 10:00 it was another late night, but we all had fun, and we’ll do it again next year.
-Peter