Independence Day 2012

Our family usually doesn't do much to celebrate Independence Day. I suppose we should, but Chad is always performing on that day, and unless we go watch his show it means taking the girls to a big public event by myself, which I don't really enjoy doing. And in San Antonio, we don't always get to set off fireworks because of drought restrictions, so the whole thing seems a little disappointing. But not this year! One of our neighbors passed out flyers inviting everyone to a neighborhood 4th of July Parade. Abbey, Elliott and I bought some patriotic decorations and transformed the scooter and the wagon! 

Red, White, Blue and CUTE!

For some reason Elliott did not want to ride her bike. So we decorated the wagon instead. She walked for a while then hopped in.

Wave your flag!

Two American cuties enjoying a cupcake after the parade.

The parade was short and sweet. It was also a little like herding cats- the kids were kind of all over the place. But it was the first time any of us have ever done it, so having around 10 families participating and a few more outside to watch was great! While we are thankful to live in a quiet neighborhood, we don't see many of our neighbors very often, so we enjoyed visiting with people and meeting some new friends. Hopefully we will do it again next year!


The rest of our Independence Day was okay. Chad did of course have a performance and we decided not to go along this time, after last year's nonsense. The girls took a miraculous afternoon nap, so I took that as a sign that they could stay up and watch fireworks. We drove to a parking lot near Sea World and watched their great fireworks display for free! It was a fun day doing some traditional 4th of July things that may become new traditions for our little proud Americans.