So on this morning, I felt like a bad mom. I thought I had taken car of everything I needed to to celebrate this holiday for my kids. I remember my mom always doing things to make the holidays special for us, including going to every parade! So I woke up, looked in the newspaper and and saw the times for the parades and I felt so bad i wasn't prepared! I totally forgot about the parades and there wasn't much time for us to get there and have a good spot before roads closed. I felt really bad to say the least. Especially because it was my fault and I was the one who slept in. So we hurried and got ready for the day and decided we would do our first plan, head to the zoo. on the way we realized there were people setting up or the parade in our town that I didn't know about, I asked when it started and it was in 1.5 hours, really it is crazy how early people get ready for these things! So we decided we would do that. We found actually a really great spot, but because we weren't prepared, I think we made a bad decision. We had no blankets or chairs to sit on and no canopy and it was the HOTTEST day EVER!!! Lucky we did have a huge box of pops in the car and plenty of food to get them by while they were waiting for the parade to start.
This little girl isn't sad, she is HOT!
trying to find some shade behind the stroller
so some guy came walking by with these crappy hats that broke so easily (I wish we had known, but I guess I should have!) but it helped so they all had something covering them!
Carter finally fell asleep
Lets just say that was the longest parade ever, and there were more adds, then floats! We really should have just gone to the zoo. We were going back and forth as to if we should go after the pararde, it was hot everyone was a little cranky, it was past the time we could lay anyone down for naps, the kids were begging to go because they knew we were going to go earlier, so we went and it was a bad idea. We got there and got ice cream, they all decided they wanted the flavored ice cream and they all hated it, carter got sunscreen in his eyes, and we walked up the zoo and down and then went home. And the sad thing is we were probably there for about an hour to an hour and a half and pretty much saw nothing!! the best part of the Zoo that day was for some reason "Belle and Rapunzel" were sitting on chair near by taking a break it looked like, and Ava still doesn't stop talking about how she sat on Rapunzel lap! The only picture we have of the zoo that day! )
That night we did our own fireworks, and we can't do them in our neighborhood, so we rebeled and did them behind a school. It was a long day and we wanted tog et them down, so we did them early and you couldn't see the fireworks all that well, so next year will be different and we will do alot different. Live and learn!! That is all I can say!
I think it is so funny all their different expressions in these pictures
Mr. Fireworks himself!! So organized laying them out! =)
My friend Gwen joined us because her family was out of town, it was fun having her their, we always have a lot fun with her and her family!
Gavin and his typical pose...he wonders why we are always asking him if he needs to use the bathroom...
