This was the first 4th of July in years that we didn't have plans to get together with my family and spend the day in the pool. We could have done that, but since we had already had a long weekend (more photos from that to come!) we were excited to stay at home and let the day unfold naturally. We pitched in with our neighbors and rented a waterslide bounce house, and the boys spent the earlier part of the {SUPER} hot day playing with their friends in the water.
As night began to fall Simon fell fast asleep, and Mitch and Don set up the "Tripod of Doom" at the end of the cul de sac - 3 ladders with platforms in between for the fireworks. Between all of our neighbors we ended up with well over $600 worth of fireworks!
Sutton proudly wore his tie-dye firework shirt that he had made earlier in the day.
Sparkler Time!
Mitch kicked back with an icy lemonade and took on sparkler-lighting duty. The kids had a blast writing their names on the street with the sparklers (am I the only one who never knew you could do that!?!), and since there were so many of us we had a TON of sparklers and snaps for the kids to pass the time until the big fireworks show.
This kid (not one of mine!) thinks he's fireproof. No joke.
If you've ever seen a fireworks display put on by my hubby, you know that it doesn't take long before one firework at a time turns into numerous fireworks in multiple locations!
See that burst in the sky up top? Yeah, we had some fun illegal fireworks too, thanks to Jonathan. He set off a few bottle rockets and roman candles to add to the show.
Don't ever let anyone tell you that a street-level fireworks show can't be as exciting as the aerial ones!
Even lighting several fireworks at a time turned out to be too long of a show for my boys since we had so many to do, and they were pretty exhausted from their day of fun in the sun and bounce house. I took them home at 9:30...just in time to put on jammies and watch the McBean aerial show from the playroom window. I had such a great 4th of July just staying home and enjoying the company of family and neighbors! :)
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This year was the first year that I learned that you could write your name in the street with sparklers too! Learned it from my neighbors. Had no idea! Where have we been?
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