Happy Independence Day

We started our holiday weekend with a trip out to Folly Friday morning. I’m glad we went early because the traffic going out there when we left was insane. The girls had a blast.

James insisted on taking this huge bucket. I thought he was crazy, but I must say the bucket was a hit. Sarah Ellen crawled around like a little crab and thankfully didn’t eat all of the sand on the beach. Saturday we hung out at home trying to beat the heat. The girls helped us get ready for dinner. Lily took this picture – not bad. Sarah Ellen is never afraid to express her opinion.

Saturday evening we headed down to Waterfront park to set up camp to watch the fireworks. How perfect – James’ office is right at the park so we had free, easy parking and clean bathrooms (if only we had remembered the key). We assumed that the fireworks would begin shortly after nine as they have in years past. We found out after we were settled that they weren’t scheduled to go off until 10:05. Whew, we decided to hang in there and see it through. The girls were awesome.

Sarah Ellen kept busy crawling in and out of the stroller. This child is going to keep us very busy. Lily kept busy playing night-night and doctor. Five minutes into the fireworks (after waiting three hours), Lily declared that she was ready to go home. This would be the morning after our children stayed up until 11. We might rethink the whole fireworks thing next year.