Oh my gosh, we had so much fun on the 4th. My mom and dad went above and beyond the American Grandparent Call of Duty in making sure we all had a good time.
Not only was there a pool set up ...
but the pool was soon filled with colorful plastic balls, that made my new camera lens salivate with excitement ...
"One of these things in not like the others..."
There was delicious tri-tip, smoked for hours by my dad, bbq-er extraordinaire. With all the trimmings, of course.
Christie's Mom (doesn't she look so pretty here?) kept the margaritas Country Time Lemonade a-flowing.
Soon, punch balloons appeared, and everyone punched away, having a grand old time.
Christie's Mom performed the Punch 'n Munch, not pausing the punch while snacking. That takes skill.
Not to be outdone, Matt attempted the Triple Bounce. One balloon in each hand, and another in his teeth.
Yes. I married that man.
Nathan was worried about this.
We had smores...
Unfortunately, Grace, frightened by a terrifying fanged June Bug, screamed shrilly, causing my dad to drop his near golden marshmallows in the fire. So, of course, I took a picture of it, duh. And, of course, I am sharing it with you.
"Dude. Isn't there supposed to be something ON this?!"
And it wouldn't be America, without indulging in even more sugar, so the kids had rocket pops. Nathan was so cute with his, that I took about 87 pictures of him eating it.
Jake, Matt and my Dad headed out to the greenbelt near my parents home, to play ball. There used to be a big tree in this middle of the field. As a child, I always dreamed of hanging a swing from this tree. Soaring through the air, swinging care-free from the limb of nature. I reflected upon this childhood dream, bred in America. And I was pi**ed that I never hung a swing from that stupid tree.
Soon, it was time for fireworks. Since we live in the Land of the Free, but are prohibited from using sparklers, we resorted to a Popper Pack. The kids love throwing them at each other, exactly as it warns NOT to do on the package.
Rambo Grace was oh so excited to blast her brother with the colorful poppers. Grandma helped.
Whoo!
My parents are ridiculously huge fans of the Music Choice channel, Sounds of the Seasons. If I had to hear Lee Greenwood sing about how proud he is to be an American one more time, I was going to keel over. Anyway, we had the front door open, with patriotic music blaring as we pop popped away. It was reminiscent of the Civil War, with all the Dixie tunes playing and poppers firing.
Of course, we didn't want to deprive the kids of witnessing the majesty of real fireworks, so we all hunkered down and oohed and aahed over the beautiful display in the neighboring town of
New York. Courtesy of NBC. In hi-def, no less!
Grace even climbed upon Matt's shoulders to get a better view.
Hope you all had a great 4th too!!!
7 comments:
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I can not believe how many pictures you took! And how many she posted here...did she have to put up the dorky shot of me with the "Country Time"? Or the one of me shooting off the fireworks? Where are the photos I took of HER? Hmmm...I may have to start my own blog....
I love the picture of your mom. She looks so pretty! Great pictures, Christie! Seriously, the one of the balls in the pool are so vibrant. You guys had a ton of fun! Glad you enjoyed your 4th!
Hi Christie, I know...you have no idea who I am. I am Robyn's friend. She talks about you all the time. I just have to say I love your blog. You are hilarious! You should write a book. Our little babies are only one day apart (I think...from what Robyn told me). My little guy was born on the dreaded Sept. 11th. I knew the entire 9 months of my pregnancy that he would come that day and sure enough he did. Not to mention he had a completely decked out "airplane" themed room to match his Sept. 11th birthday. Anyway, I just had to say hello and let you know I love your blog.
P.S. Your mom is hilarious, too!
CHRISTIE'S MOM!!!! PL-L-L-L-E-E-E-A-SE start a blog.
Too funny. I can always count on you too keep it real. You guys had so much fun. See, who says you aren't the all american family! Nothing says all american like playing backyard ball, s'mores, punch balloons,throwing poppers at your extended family, and rocket pops! Oh and don't forget the "country time". It would be tough to get through the day without it!
Okay was the water freezing? Grace's lips look blue in that first picture. Too much photoshop or too much rocket pops?
Hi Kristol! Actually I do have an idea who you are b/c I have been taking peeks at your blog to decide what to do with Nathan's hair! lol! Jacob is SO cute, ohmygosh. He looks like a sweet boy.
I was dreading the 9/11 due date too, but I knew it would never happen, b/c I can't go in to labor on my own apparently. I was laughing so hard at the airplane nursery! Just be careful with the birthday celebrations, people might wonder! Ha!
Thanks for commenting!!!
(Jen what is up with those lips? I don't even thing I edited that one, but if I did it would have made her lips redder ... Meaning they were bluer than that - haha!)
(Mom. You took like one picture of me and I looked like a cow.)
I took more than one, remember? You were by the computer and stood up and sucked in your stomach and stuck out your chest. You deleted those. I DO however have that one close-up that you failed to delete when you copied the 1776 photos on the DVD for me. If you are not careful, I will email the photo to Robyn or Jen and have them post it for me.
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