Thursday, July 5, 2012

Independence Day

We didn't plan on going to see the municipal fireworks display this year -- they don't start until a little after 9pm, and Amelie is pretty much always in bed by 8. However, we went out to her grandparents' house for the fourth and swam from an hour and a half, then had hamburgers and peach cobbler, then played more, and Amelie ended up taking a big nap until almost 5, so I thought maybe she'd be able to stay up. There was a period of unreasonable crankiness at 7, but after a trip to Target for some bugspray, she seemed up for it!

We got downtown around 8:30 and were able to park really close to Flat Branch Park. We found a convenient rock to sit on. It was still pretty darn warm at 8:30.

We got to hear the last of the band performing, and then they started the fireworks just a little after 9. 



Amelie especially liked the ones that went "round and round."

She was wound up from all the excitement and talked about it the whole car ride home, but when we pulled in a little after 10, she went immediately to sleep. I think she had a fun time. Happy 4th of July!

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  1. Ian MonroeJuly 11, 2012 at 3:31 AM

    When I was her age my parents spent the afternoon getting a good spot at the Portland, OR fireworks show. I was fine until the fireworks started, then I cried and they had to leave. :D

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  2. crystal_bJuly 23, 2012 at 9:40 AM

    Ian - I had definitely considered that as a possibility! As you can see, we were a little bit behind a tree for some of the displays, but the car was easy-in, easy-out!

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