from our star-spangled cutie
We had a great holiday weekend over the Fourth. Started with a family jaunt along the Tennessee River - Tyler on a bike, kids in the trailer, me on foot. I'll spare you the red, sweaty-faced shots of us in exercise gear and show you the scenery instead.
Later we kicked it around the house and did the obligatory cookout while the kids played in the water and ate popsicles.
Chattanooga likes to give the USA a little pre-birthday party as the fireworks are always held on July 3rd (happy anniversary shout-out to my mom and dad!). So we met friends for a picnic in the park to watch the show. It was a balmy 90 degrees until the sun finally went down, but all the kids seemed to handle it much better than us adults!
A little chocolate ice cream helped too.
On the actual Fourth, my Canadian hubby celebrated Independence Day too and took (most of) the day off! We hit up the Creative Discovery Museum for a morning of fun...
Then Tyler and Ben walked across the street to watch Cars 2 in 3D while KB and I stayed behind for America's birthday party which included an impressive 21 Diet Coke/Mentos salute!
Earlier that morning I was explaining to Ben that it was a special day because it was our country's birthday. He replied, "yeah but, can our country blow out its candles or eat its cake or open its presents?"
The kid loves a party.
So, I was so excited to be able to bring him a piece of America's birthday cake and tell him that we did in fact have a party and sing happy birthday to our country.
He wasn't too upset about missing the party.
Because what the kid really loves about a party, is the cake!
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