4th of July

Around here the 4th of July lasted for 2 days!!! We had so much fun!!! There was a carnival on post that we went to on Tuesday--I thought we would go for about 3 hours or so and we ended up staying from approximately 3 in the afternoon until it closed and the MPs were telling everyone to go home at 10!! Unfortunately, all I have is video of everything we did and I haven't figured out how to post that (my still camera is being repaired)

Anyway here is the rundown of our 2 day celebration.
We hit the carnival and the kids had a blast--there were little kiddie rides which Dillan absolutely loved!!! It was his first time on any rides and he was "driving up a storm" in the little cars. Every time we walked by he pointed and yelled "car car". He was a riot. Kathryn and Brendan took turns taking him on the rides and Meghan was loving them with her friend Abby.

Then our next highlight was Brendan.

They opened up the jumptower to the public--including the kids which surprised me. The jumptower is a 34 ft tower that the airborne soldiers use for training. And yes it is just what it sounds like--they are hooked up to a harness and jump!! The first time Brendan went up he got to the top looked down and chickened out--he came down one flight of stairs and I hollered up that if he was going to do it, do it while he was still geared up. So back up he went and 5 minutes later they finally coaxed him out--Did I say coaxed?? I should say Mama yelled up at the soldiers to pick up him and drop him out so.... By the harness he was lifted and out he went. Was he traumatized---I think not!! He insisted on jumping 2 more times!! He would have done more, but we had other things to do.

Like...

Listen to Meghan sing karaoke!! Except that Meghan doesn't know any of the songs they have so I went up and asked if she could have the mic and just sing with no music. They said sure and Meghan entertained everyone with singing the chorus to "Tomorrow" from Annie about 10 times in a row. In the end I had to tell them to take the mic away or she would have sung for an hour I think. She did a great job!!

We ate brats, watermelon, cotton candy and just enjoyed carnival junk. Then we listening to everyone sing, hung out with friends, let the kids run around and generally had a great time.

On the 4th, we went to some friends' house for a BBQ--of course it stormed so we had hotdogs inside--but that was ok. It cleared up after a bit and we all went outside in the yard and then to the park to play. That was fun and finally we went back on post for the fireworks. They had a great display that the kids really enjoyed--not just the kids I was impressed too. The older ones had all seen fireworks before, but really enjoyed these. Dillan was really cute though.. every time there was a lull for a couple of seconds he was yelling "more more" He really thought they were neat... for the first 15 minutes-- then he just wanted to run around in the dark.

We had a couple of really late nights, but it was a great time for all of us. Now, it's time to get back into our routine.
Hope everyone enjoyed their Holiday!!