Thursday, July 05, 2007
Fourth of July
We had a great, jam-packed Independence Day. The day started off with our neighborhood parade. The morning was hot and muggy; walking to the park (with Pierce on his scooter, Anna on her bike, and me walking the dog) where we were to start the parade was VERY sweat-inducing. Nora thought that Anna was done with her bike for a little while, so they stayed at the park while Pierce, Josie and I walked the parade route. The parade was led by a decorated minivan playing patriotic music with Pierce and a number of other kids following close behind. Josie and I followed at a distance.
When the route headed up hill Pierce wasn't able to keep the pace. When I got to him he was crying in frusteration at not being able to keep up with the minivan. We took the opportunity to swing by the house and drop off the dog and the scooter, then headed back to the park. Turns out, Anna had changed her mind and she and Nora had done a short version of the parade. We ended the parade with popsicles, cold water and lolipops at the playground.
After a quick change of clothes we headed off to the pool for a couple of hours. It was perfect weather for swimming and Anna, for the first time, hit the pool without her waterwings. She's been doing fantastic in swim lessons and her instructor recommended we move her up a level for the next session (so she'll be in the same class as Pierce). Of course, we stayed VERY close to her, but she's able to swim on her back and front and tread water.
After lunch we caught a movie, Surf's Up. Pierce and Anna have a couple of Happy Meal toys from the movie and both kids were lobbying hard to go see it. Its shot in a documentary style and features penguins in a surf competition -what more be said. Ultimately, I think I liked it move than anyone. Pierce and Anna just thought it was "ok" and Nora was trying to fight off sleep.
We had a very pleasant dinner with Nora's parents then headed off to a large mall in Olathe for fireworks. The City of Olathe is celebrating its 100th year and had promised a larger than normal fireworks display. They definitely lived up to expectations. There were so many fireworks that ash started to drift down in the parking lot while the show was still running. At one point the sky was almost daylight bright from the show.
Due to traffic, we didn't get home until almost 11:00 pm. We all went to bed about the same time.
-Eric (Dad)
When the route headed up hill Pierce wasn't able to keep the pace. When I got to him he was crying in frusteration at not being able to keep up with the minivan. We took the opportunity to swing by the house and drop off the dog and the scooter, then headed back to the park. Turns out, Anna had changed her mind and she and Nora had done a short version of the parade. We ended the parade with popsicles, cold water and lolipops at the playground.
After a quick change of clothes we headed off to the pool for a couple of hours. It was perfect weather for swimming and Anna, for the first time, hit the pool without her waterwings. She's been doing fantastic in swim lessons and her instructor recommended we move her up a level for the next session (so she'll be in the same class as Pierce). Of course, we stayed VERY close to her, but she's able to swim on her back and front and tread water.
After lunch we caught a movie, Surf's Up. Pierce and Anna have a couple of Happy Meal toys from the movie and both kids were lobbying hard to go see it. Its shot in a documentary style and features penguins in a surf competition -what more be said. Ultimately, I think I liked it move than anyone. Pierce and Anna just thought it was "ok" and Nora was trying to fight off sleep.
We had a very pleasant dinner with Nora's parents then headed off to a large mall in Olathe for fireworks. The City of Olathe is celebrating its 100th year and had promised a larger than normal fireworks display. They definitely lived up to expectations. There were so many fireworks that ash started to drift down in the parking lot while the show was still running. At one point the sky was almost daylight bright from the show.
Due to traffic, we didn't get home until almost 11:00 pm. We all went to bed about the same time.
-Eric (Dad)
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