July 4th, 2011

Let me give you some parenting advice.
When your daughters tell you they DON'T
want to see fireworks outside...
take them to a baseball game!

Where no one gets to watch a full inning because
of the kids park!  Playground, moonwalks, carousel...

Then, when the game is over, you all
are "tricked" into staying for the fireworks
show because they start it 10 minutes after 
the real baseball game is over!


It's ok.  You can HOLD your children in your
lap if they are crying hysterically like this...

or, if the children are scared the fireworks
are getting to close, you can hold them like this..

Who knows... it might cure them from 
hating fireworks.  
Or, maybe not.

Ok, so maybe not the best parenting advice.
BUT... if you have a son,
you should really get him to like fireworks while
he's young.  
So, let him help you light them in the street.

He will definitely think he's pretty awesome!
And then, he will want to snuggle with the Mimi.

I guess now you know what WE did for the 4th this year.
The baseball game, the "smaller" fireworks...
but we also went to a ballet show,

watched four dogs try to get along for three days
in one house,

and spent time laughing with family!
I love our tradition of going to Omaha 
for the 4th of July!