to the US of A. We woke up yesterday morning, gathered the troops together and headed out to pick up OMA and The Bear before heading to Sanibel Island's 4th of July parade. It's a small parade, very Anytown USA feel to it. It's cars and floats, police on motorcycles, and some folks riding Segways down the main street on Sanibel. The kids love this parade because it's like Halloween in July...the people in the parade throw candy out as they drive/walk by, or they throw beach balls, or hand out balloons. All of the kids walk away with a giant bag full of candy each year, so much that they are even willing to share!!
And speaking of balloons, often times the people (usually kids) on the floats will squirt the crowd with powerful water guns. Since it's so stinkin' hot most people really enjoy that. As I was video taping the parade and the family, a water balloon is launched from one of the floats and hits another Dad smack in the face! Of course the CEO, standing right behind the guy, loses it and has to turn away. She's real sympathetic like that :) He checks around, yells out "Who threw that?" eyes up The Big O as if maybe she was the culprit, then fixes his eyes on the float from where it came. It was pretty doggone funny. Even funnier was the dude going over a little later to fan off his wife and getting yelled at to "Get away from me!" Poor Alfie, he didn't have the happiest 4th of the July.
After the parade we headed over to the Boy Scout party, where they have water slides, bounce house, hot dogs and snow cones. It's a lot of fun for the kids, and adds to the small town feel of the day.
We all came home and had a crazy cookout at night - the kids were so wound up from all the candy and activities of the day. Cooper (our dog) was freaked out by all the fireworks since it was his first 4th of July, and that added to the craziness of the night. He got to sleep in our room for the first time, and The CEO said it went well, so he might have been freed from the nightly crate ritual for good.
And with that another 4th of July has come and gone, and the Summer of '09 is halfway through.
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I'd love to answer your poll, but the choices leave me adrift. I'd go for number 4, but not from my couch, I'd be on the sidelines holding jackets, clean towels, cameras, keys to the car, wallets, cell phone and a heart happy to see my family participating! Mom
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