Woznation

Now that Wil is finally starting to ‘get’ certain events – I really wanted to make a big deal about my favorite holiday: the 4th of july!  I was so excited for the holiday and looked up parades and fireworks and all these fun things to do….then I came down with an infection the night before.  Ugh!  I was so sick.  But Phil was amazing and took care of the kids so I could get as much rest as possible and still have a good day.  We carried on and went to the Towson, MD parade:

Did you know they cant throw candy anymore?!?!  I was very upset.  But Wil liked the firetrucks and music. And was pretty nervous about the motorcycle brigade.  I enjoyed the bagpipes. We left before the whole things was over, but before meltdowns began – so I’ll call it a win.

That afternoon, we played in the spicket.  Wil loves bath-time, but had a horrible time at the pool the last time we went.  We thought playing outside in the water might be a good middle ground and we’ll work our way back up to the pool again. The neighborhood kids flocked to the water buckets and squirt guns!  Freddy Jr. and siblings came by to play, along with Roshera from across the street. Its always fun talking to the neighborhood kids! Evie hung-out inside through the whole thing.

That night, Dimps gave us the key to watch the fireworks on his roof while he and Christa were out of town.  I watched you-tube videos of fireworks with Wil before we left to get him excited about what was to come.  We brought Barney along and made it about 10 minutes into the fireworks (which started at 9:30 pm) before all the kids started screaming.  It had a been a long day and we were all tired.

Despite the long day and me being sick, I think it was a success. (?)  Wil seemed to enjoy the you-tube videos more than anything that day, so sometimes I question whether all the trouble was even worth it. But hopefully we’re laying the foundation for all the holidays in the future.