Our uneventful 4th of July

Our 4th of July was probably one of the most uneventful ones in years, but it was perfect that way. Our lives have been a little too eventful lately. We stayed at home, for the most part, and loved every minute of it.

In the morning I took Rowan over to a friend of mine’s house. She had rented a bounce house, and giant water slide for her 4th party. We came over before it got crazy. All Ro wanted to do was hang out in the pool at the bottom of the slide….go figure.

Then Daddy and the boys constructed a train track setup, one of the boy’s latest obsessions.

We smiled, cuddled, and giggled.

There were even some tears.

Ezra and Daddy colored some pictures.

Rowan ran around like a maniac at dusk, the air thick with anticipation, and mosquitoes. My hubby barbequed an amazing meal. We ate, drank, and were merry. Ezra slept.

It was a beautiful night, as it got darker we lit sparklers, and my husband chased Rowan around with them..which is hysterical if you are 4.  When it got dark we woke up Ezra. We then lit off more exciting fireworks.

As you can see I am really excited about my sparkler….fireworks terrify me, they were illegal in Minnesota (where I am from) until after I moved (when I was 23) , I have to think there was a reason they were illegal for so many years.

After our little fireworks display we loaded Ezra up in the stroller and then we went for a walk with the boys around the neighborhood. I live in a middle working class neighborhood, the people don’t have a lot of money, but damn do they throw some money down on fireworks every year.

So after the spectacular neighborhood show we came home, and Dad made kettle corn, and then off to bed for the boys and me! It was such a perfect day, I wouldn’t have changed a thing.

You can find an update about Ezra here.