Recap of the Week

It's been a few days since I've blogged. Here's a recap of the past week which included the 4th of July celebration. I loved the long weekend. All we did was hang-out at home. For the 4th, we barbequed. It started raining at around 8 p.m. The city was to have a fireworks show off the pier, but according to their website, if it rained they would do the show the next day instead. Also, the show was supposed to start at 9 p.m. Since we thought there'd be no show, we thought we'd get the kids ready for bed. We were all tired anyways. Well, at 8:30 p.m. "Boom," "Boom," "Boom." We looked out of the back window and saw that the show had gone on inspite of the rain, and 30 MINUTES earlier than they had said. How dare they? Liars! So, we piled into the van, drove a couple of blocks to the South, and to an unobstructed vantage point to see the show, and through windshield wipers, we watched. It was a little "interesting" to see a heavy cloud forming around where the fireworks were exploding. All the water in the air just made the smoke from the fireworks hang. Eventually, the colors were hidden mostly behind this forming cloud. It was the strangest fireworks show I've ever seen. I'd say a waste of city money! We had fun anyway and took some pictures together in the van just to remember:





Well, today we tried out my friend Kristin's (http://easyaspie.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/06/321blast-off.html) suggestion of Mentos with Coca-Cola blast-off. I should have reread her blog that said SIX Mentos. We only put in THREE and did just get half of what it could have given! Oh, and there's the one-liter not two detail, and also the "diet" detail that we missed. Now looking back at her picture at the previous link, I am laughing at ours that peetered out!!! Too funny! Check out ours:



Here's something worth mentioning: Liam made this cute little sock puppet today. You can't see his face in this picture, but the puppet has a little Newsboy cap and a shirt on:



And here's the little darling girl being so dainty with her corn this evening:



And the tired mother hen with her chicks:


Good night!