Happy 4th everybody!
We had a busy holiday weekend. As usual.
Sadie's Oma came to stay with us on Friday night so that she could watch Sadie all day Saturday while Evan and I were at work. Both Oma and Sadie were thrilled with this arrangement. It also provided an in-house babysitter which Evan and I took advantage of and went to see a movie on Friday night. We saw Eclipse. No judgments please. I loved it.
After work on Saturday we loaded everyone up and headed to the beach for the rest of the weekend. There was lots of liquid sunshine at the beach on Sunday so we spent most of the day outside and wet. Luke and Katie and the boys were there too. Which means that Sadie and Landon get to tear around creating trouble together. They are getting really good at that. Collin is a walker now so it was exciting watching him toddle around. He will be keeping up with the big kids in no time.
Evan and Lucas made a stop at the fireworks stand to get something for "the kids" and came away with a lot of loud things that Sadie called "dangerous." She was right. They also got some pop-its and some sparklers. She had fun throwing the pop-its and then stomping on them. Sparklers have changed since I was a kid. They suck now. Mostly they just spew out stinky sulfur for 30 seconds and then it is done. Not terribly exciting.
We went to the Long Beach Fireworks on the beach and joined the large crowds of firework happy patriots. We probably didn't even need to stay for the official fireworks because there were so many going off the whole time we were there. It was overwhelming.
On the way home after the fireworks, we stopped to get gas. And the car wouldn't start.
Expletive.
So we called a tow truck, called the father-in-law and he came and jumped the car. It worked but not safe for us to drive home, so we traded cars and got home really, really, really late. So late it was early.
And today I am tired. And my cold has come back because I have not had any sleep.
I hope you had a happy fourth.
I am hoping to be happy again on the sixth.
A little Sadie to make the day better.
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