4th of July

4th of July was super mellow for us this year. Like all in bed before it was dark mellow. I guess we were tired! Before we all zonked out Nolan and I went to the Issaquah parade. It was really nice to see some of Nolan's classmates but it was very small. I think we will be returning to the Burien one in the future. It's just not a parade without at least one marching band! 

Nolan picked up a few festive items from target and couldn't wait to get his red mustache on, that boy loves a good mustache!

After dinner we got ready for the fireworks. Where we live it's legal to set them off so Pat and Nolan picked some up from the reservation. And when I say some, I mean a lot. Nolan is still not so sure about fireworks, which I am 100% OK with but Pat LOVES them and insists on setting off as many as possible.

Ruby and Nolan's "we're not so sure about this" faces. Ruby actually did pretty good, she would bark at them but didn't seem overly anxious.

Sparklers these guys can handle. Even Miles got in on this one.

Miles' Harry Potter moment

Hmmm....which sparklers to do next? 

We ended up giving him the ones we had already set off, which he enjoyed just as much as the lit ones. A win for all!

Pat was determined to get Nolan into it, ugh, but there was a lot of fire safety talk too so I felt a little better.

Yep, still not so sure about it.

Miles stuck pretty close to me.

OOOOHHHHH!

AAAHHHH!

Admiring their handy work.

We set them all off and got the kids in bed at their usual time. Like I said, pretty uneventful. It will be nice when keeping them up doesn't result in dramatic melt downs, until then we keep the routine!