The Wagners: Fourth of July

Monday, July 9, 2012

Fourth of July

We started off our fourth of July celebration by going to the parade we always go to on the fourth. The girls love parades, mostly because they love collecting the candy that gets thrown to them. It was extremely hot that day, but we braved the weather and sat outside anyway. It actually wasn't too bad in the shade. The girls loved watching the floats go by and of course collecting lots of candy in their buckets. Coye didn't like the fire trucks (some of them were incredibly loud) but loved watching everything go by. After the parade we went home and had dinner with mom, dad, Danielle, and my in-laws. The rest of the afternoon was spent in the pool. It was a nice relaxing way to spend the holiday. After eating supper and spending a little time cooling down inside, we headed to see the fireworks. Last year we just watched them from our house, but this year the girls wanted to go closer and actually watch them, so I promised them we would. I figured that they would shoot them off at dusk, so we got there around 8:30, way too early. We got a good seat and then proceeded to wait for almost an hour until they set them off around 9:20. Aubrey said they were loud and covered her ears the entire time, although she did like them. Chloe was scared at first but didn't cover her ears at all. Coye jumped when the first one went off and cried for the first couple of minutes before Calvin got him to finally settle down and then he watched mesmerized for most of them. They were really pretty and it was fun to be close to them again and see them. I asked Calvin if it brought back good memories for him - he asked me to marry him 12 years ago to the day. He made some snide comment of course. :) It was late by the time we got home but we did quick baths and then put the kids to bed. They were exhausted!