the tarletons are here!: 4th of July Recap!

Happy Birthday to the USA! I love being an American and there is no place I'd rather be. I feel so lucky and proud that I am part of this awesome country- and anyone who is here and does not like it, should try somewhere else out and feel how lucky they were to be here. I better get back on track to my family related stories before I start ranting.... :)

Well, let's just say that this 4th of July was semi-successful. Pros: 3day weekend, neighborhood cookout, family cookout at Uncle Rob's in Annapolis, lots of play time for lil b and his lil friends. Con: lil b did not enjoy the fireworks....

It was actually quite cute... after a long afternoon running up a hilly drive way with his friends, lil b was ready to settle down, eat some dinner, re-hydrate and do it all over again. Not long after he sat down, the fireworks show(courtesy of the dads of the neighborhood) began.... lil b stood up to see what was going on, got a little nervous and ran under a tent....then as the bigger fireworks began booming, lil b grabbed my hand and pointed to the house so we could go inside. I tried to encourage the fireworks with no luck. So we went back to our house down the way. Then I tried to get lil b to sit on our new deck (courtesy of Big B), but he was not having that either....so he eagerly led me back into the house and into the bathroom where we proceeded to hang out with the door closed for 10 minutes. One more try I thought...so I brought him outside again with Big B on the deck and he jumped out of my arms into Big B's and made him come outside. All in all, it was a nice intimate family time for us....West Virginia style as lil b fell asleep with a hot dog in his hand. Oh, by the way, this was July 3rd...we resorted to fireworks on t.v. for July 4th ;)

Better luck next year!