Happy 4th of July

Our town celebrated July 4th on Saturday (the 3rd) with their annual Fantastic Fourth Celebration (with food vendors, crafts, games for the kids, etc, at the football stadium all day) and then the fireworks display at dark. We did not go to anything during the day because we had just started potty training Ainsley the day before! She'd had several accidents, but was doing pretty well. Still, we stuck close to the house all day. At about 7:30, we loaded up "frog potty" in the back of the vehicle and went to the Arts Center to watch the fireworks. We met Mitch's parents, my mom, the Harwells (Katie, Scott and Gray) and Katie's mom, Kittye. When we were growing up, my dad and Katie's dad, Jim (who were BFFs) used to park one of their trucks at Timmon's Hardware (right across from the stadium) and we'd all pile in the back for the fireworks display. I guess we've come full circle. Here are the kids being silly in the back of the truck.

Before the show started, Ainsley said she needed to potty, so we put her on the potty in the back of Mitch's vehicle and she went! We closed the door to give her some privacy, but I was so proud of her for knowing when she needed to go and telling us even with lots of other things going on. When the fireworks started, both of my kids got scared and started crying. I admit it was loud. They ended up sitting with Mitch's parents in Gill's truck - still holding their ears, but at least watching it. Yet, on the way home, they talked about what a good time they had! Go figure.

On the 4th we had our parents over for hamburgers and hot dogs. We spent some time outside doing sparklers, smoke bombs and snappers. The kids played with sidewalk chalk and bubbles as well. We watched some of the Washington DC celebration on TV and the kids marched around waving their flags. It was a nice, relaxing night.





I will try to get a better picture later, but I wanted to remember Ainsley in this outfit. Sometimes you see outfits and they just scream your child's name (ok, I'm pretty sure that doesn't happen to Mitch, but it does to me) . . . this one was like that for Ainsley when I saw it at Old Navy. I think she looks adorable in it. The shirt is cute, but the shorts are cuter - they are cutoffs and have red and silver stars on one leg.