After church yesterday we took our annual drive-the-square-peg-kids-to-camp-rocks adventure. My kids were so ridiculously excited about it you would have thought THEY were going to camp. We left home at 2:15 and got home at 10:15pm. We could have driven to Disney World in that time.
Lydia and Asa were absolutely fantastic with literally zero complaining even in a hot and sweaty bus. We did have a potty accident with Asa, so we had to stop at Walmart to buy some undies, shorts and a shirt. (Yup, all 3!) In the parking lot of Walmart was a FIREWORKS TENT!
You may remember that my daughter is TERRIFIED of fireworks. But she assured us that she *loves* fireworks and wanted to buy some. Well, I personally DO love fireworks, so we bought ’em! And when we arrived home at 10pm, we figured it was a perfect time to have Independence Day Eve! We played with sparklers, shot off sparkler fountains and even lit a can of worms and egg-laying-moving-turtles! (Who knew?!) The kids were GIDDY! They were jumping up and down, screaming with delight and clapping their hands with every spark. (Maybe delirious would be a better description.)
This morning, their late night is showing. I’m hoping for an early bedtime (before the fireworks start) and a day full of cleaning the house, eating fruit and veggies from our CSA, playing with Asa’s new T-ball set, long naps and maybe even some s’mores!
What are you doing this 4th of July?
{oh, and I can’t NOT link to the Price of Freedom audio drama at Whits End today! I cried listening to it!}
{you DO know the source of my title, don’t you?}
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