The Martin Family: Happy 4th of July!

This year we had a nice, relaxing, uneventful 4th of July! Charles was off work for 4 1/2 days which was wonderful! We started our day off with brunch at the Cracker Barrel. Emily LOVES to get pancakes there so she can get the little bottle of syrup :) Then, we went to the grocery store to get our supper! This turned into an eventful trip. As soon as we pulled in the parking lot, Emily decides she needs to go...ahem...to the bathroom and Ashley starts crying because it's time for her bottle! Charles was just going to run in real fast by himself, however, he ended up taking Emily in with him so she could go to the bathroom and I sat in the car and fed Ashley! We didn't plan that one very well!

After that we came home and let Emily nap. Fortunately after her nap the weather cleared up and the sun came out. So, we got her pool out and set up the blue tent....for some reason she wanted to set the tent up! We then spent the rest of the afternoon playing outside, grilling out, making homemade ice cream and EATING :) It took a LONG time for it to get dark enough to do fireworks, but when it finally did we headed out front to do our fireworks. Emily was all excited about them until we get out there and start doing them, then she decided to get scared! At one point, I had both girls in my lap in one of those outdoor folding chairs! I was also afraid that the loud noises were going to hurt Ashley's ears, so we ended up going up in the garage! At that point, Emily remembered she has a little pink folding chair and once we got that out, she sat down on the sidewalk all by herself and watched the fireworks....it's the litte things! She also liked to hold the Sprinklers (aka Sparklers) all by herself this year! She is just getting so big!

Needless to say she was NOT ready to come in and go to bed when it was time. Once we finally got her inside she told me: "Since there are still fireworks outside, I can't handle going to sleep!" Five minutes after she laid down...she was asleep :) It was a great 4th!

Rocking at Cracker Barrel