Fun Times

We walked downtown yesterday morning for Blaine's Old Fashioned 4th and had a great time! The girls really enjoyed the parade and made quite a haul in candy from those in the parade. Lon sat with Lainey and Sarah Grace right at the edge of the road so they could see better while Abs and I stayed close to the sidewalk to guard the stroller. Abby was not impressed by the parade at all; she slept through the entire thing waking only long enough to get her pacifier once or twice. I got several pictures of Lainey and Sarah Grace taking it all in, but they still don't capture the joy they had. Several times I just caught myself grinning at them because it was so obvious how much they were enjoying themselves.



After the parade, we spent the day with friends from church and had hamburgers and hot dogs. At one point during the afternoon, Lon and Ken, the friend who's house we were at, and Lainey rode into town to the fireworks stand and bought a few different fireworks. Ken kept saying they were for the "kids", but it seems that the adults enjoyed them most of all.

During the afternoon, Lainey and Sarah Grace played with toys that had belonged to Debbie and her sister Carolyn. At one point, Lainey walked in with a toy picnic basket full of toys plates and such. When I saw the picnic basket, I said "HEY! I had one of those. Come on Laine, I'll play with you!" It's amazing how vivid some memories can be. My grandparents bought this picnic basket for me at Roses or K-mart when I was 4 or 5 years old and I played with it for years. It was one of my favorites. I served many imaginary peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on those plates and poured many a pretend cup of lemonade from the thermos into the cups. Seeing one again brought a smile to my face.

We ended our day by watching the fireworks from our front window. We missed several because of the trees, but we were able to see enough to say we'd seen fireworks on the 4th. All in all it was a fun day and the girls played hard and enjoyed it all.