Our "school studies" have been about the 'Nited States of America. We had fun looking at the American Flag, and even made a special Jello treat over a few days. With how much we loved it I can't believe we didn't take a picture of it! Just imagine this with one box of blue and 3 of red. Oliver got really excited and would sort of growl out the word "Jello!" and say that he said Jello just like Dada. I think Dada was imitating Elf saying "Christmas Gram!"
For dinner on the 3rd we had ribs and potatoes and salad. And Jello Treat. ;) Camilla was tired, so we put her to bed, but Oliver and I had just bought a new game, Candy Land, so we had a play a little before he went to bed, and of course he didn't fall asleep until after 8 because of the excitement. He didn't even know that we were planning to wake them up to go see the fireworks! Fireworks don't start until about 9:30 here, so we thought a little sleep would help us out.
We found an amazing location. Being from out west, seeing the fireworks from all over town is no big deal, but with huge trees all over town it can be quite difficult to see them. Luckily we found a park to watch them. Once they started everyone just went onto the street to see them, and we had an amazing view! I didn't bother taking my big camera, but here's an iPhone picture of us enjoying the fireworks. I love family pictures! :)
We had played with a few sparklers while waiting for them to start, and the kids loved them!
The whole thing didn't take too long at all, and we are totally going to do it the same way next year!
On the day of the 4th we decided to mess with our kids' sleep some more and go see a parade in Amherst. It was full of amazing things!
A Baptist church we walked by on the way there gave our kids free balloons! They loved them!
I made a little red bow for Camilla's hair. She wore it as a bow tie most of the day though.
There were many generations of fire engines there. Oliver loved it!
We counted 3 bagpipe bands, most of them servicemen.
Uncle Sam made a visit.
These old bicycles were awesome!
She totally reminded me of Anne Shirley. I wondered if this was a tricycle so that she didn't have to straddle a bike in a skirt.
Revolutionaries
A cute little circus camp.
Check out their skills!
Old men in little cars. Would it really be a parade without them?
Another bagpipe band
Fancy horses
New Hampshire State Seal on a float. Vote for Ovide, right? ;)
Oliver loved that balloon, and was really cute wanting to sit on the curb to watch the parade. He really didn't get bored.
The parade was REALLY hot and of course we were facing the sun. Poor Camilla was already late for her nap, and was overheated and both of them had wet hair from sweat. So what else should we do but get Italian Ice at the little fair that the parade passed by? It was absolutely amazing and the kids (and adults) loved it. Camilla loved hers so much that she spilled it all over to cool down. Of course, then she was wet, hot, and tired, so after we attempted to watch a circus act, Oliver lost his balloon and was crying uncontrollably over it, and Camilla was just done, we decided to head back to the car to cool down and head home. Camilla fell asleep in the car, but as we were getting her out she had a blowout, so we had to wake her up to change her, and then she had a hard time getting back to sleep. Oliver joined us for lunch and then went down for his nap after watching a little bit of The Music Man. It was such a late nap for two overtired kids, that we had to wake them up for dinner. Poor Oliver is impossible to wake up when he's not ready. It was actually pretty hilarious how he would balance himself while sitting while completely asleep.
As I was finishing up at the grill for dinner (grilled pizza! mmm...) Oliver discovered Camilla's balloon that Matthias had tied to our watering can outside as he was trying to clean the Italian Ice sticky out of the stroller. Of course, in trying to hold it he untied it and it flew up into the sky and we had another huge lost balloon breakdown. Luckily pizza helped, and prayer. (Side story: a week and a half before the 4th I was changing Oliver's sheets and walking down the stairs with him when he decided to come up the stairs to help me. I told me that he could help me carry them when we got down stairs, and as he turned around he fell down half of our steep wooden stairs. Poor guy got a huge bump on his head, along with some scrapes on his nose and under his eye. There was nothing I could do being above him, so my heart just broke. However, it turned into a really good lesson on prayer. When Matthias and I realized that there was nothing that we could really do to comfort him beyond ice, water, a popsicle for his hurting teeth, and hugs, we told him that we could say a prayer for him and that Jesus would heal him. Now every time something hurts, he says "Don't worry, Momma! Jesus heals me!" and it's totally true!) So we said a prayer about the balloon. We asked Oliver if he wanted to say it, but he didn't. However, he reminded Dada to pray for his balloon.
After dinner we played Oliver's new favorite: Candy Land!
Oliver had been asking all day if we could play with the sparklers again, so we totally intended on waking him up again when it was dark to play and even attempt pictures. However, he never really went down and it was already getting dark. He finally stayed in bed for 5 minutes, so we got him up to play and boy did we have fun!
For dinner on the 3rd we had ribs and potatoes and salad. And Jello Treat. ;) Camilla was tired, so we put her to bed, but Oliver and I had just bought a new game, Candy Land, so we had a play a little before he went to bed, and of course he didn't fall asleep until after 8 because of the excitement. He didn't even know that we were planning to wake them up to go see the fireworks! Fireworks don't start until about 9:30 here, so we thought a little sleep would help us out.
We found an amazing location. Being from out west, seeing the fireworks from all over town is no big deal, but with huge trees all over town it can be quite difficult to see them. Luckily we found a park to watch them. Once they started everyone just went onto the street to see them, and we had an amazing view! I didn't bother taking my big camera, but here's an iPhone picture of us enjoying the fireworks. I love family pictures! :)
We had played with a few sparklers while waiting for them to start, and the kids loved them!
The whole thing didn't take too long at all, and we are totally going to do it the same way next year!
On the day of the 4th we decided to mess with our kids' sleep some more and go see a parade in Amherst. It was full of amazing things!
A Baptist church we walked by on the way there gave our kids free balloons! They loved them!
I made a little red bow for Camilla's hair. She wore it as a bow tie most of the day though.
There were many generations of fire engines there. Oliver loved it!
We counted 3 bagpipe bands, most of them servicemen.
Uncle Sam made a visit.
These old bicycles were awesome!
She totally reminded me of Anne Shirley. I wondered if this was a tricycle so that she didn't have to straddle a bike in a skirt.
Revolutionaries
A cute little circus camp.
Check out their skills!
Old men in little cars. Would it really be a parade without them?
Another bagpipe band
Fancy horses
New Hampshire State Seal on a float. Vote for Ovide, right? ;)
Oliver loved that balloon, and was really cute wanting to sit on the curb to watch the parade. He really didn't get bored.
The parade was REALLY hot and of course we were facing the sun. Poor Camilla was already late for her nap, and was overheated and both of them had wet hair from sweat. So what else should we do but get Italian Ice at the little fair that the parade passed by? It was absolutely amazing and the kids (and adults) loved it. Camilla loved hers so much that she spilled it all over to cool down. Of course, then she was wet, hot, and tired, so after we attempted to watch a circus act, Oliver lost his balloon and was crying uncontrollably over it, and Camilla was just done, we decided to head back to the car to cool down and head home. Camilla fell asleep in the car, but as we were getting her out she had a blowout, so we had to wake her up to change her, and then she had a hard time getting back to sleep. Oliver joined us for lunch and then went down for his nap after watching a little bit of The Music Man. It was such a late nap for two overtired kids, that we had to wake them up for dinner. Poor Oliver is impossible to wake up when he's not ready. It was actually pretty hilarious how he would balance himself while sitting while completely asleep.
As I was finishing up at the grill for dinner (grilled pizza! mmm...) Oliver discovered Camilla's balloon that Matthias had tied to our watering can outside as he was trying to clean the Italian Ice sticky out of the stroller. Of course, in trying to hold it he untied it and it flew up into the sky and we had another huge lost balloon breakdown. Luckily pizza helped, and prayer. (Side story: a week and a half before the 4th I was changing Oliver's sheets and walking down the stairs with him when he decided to come up the stairs to help me. I told me that he could help me carry them when we got down stairs, and as he turned around he fell down half of our steep wooden stairs. Poor guy got a huge bump on his head, along with some scrapes on his nose and under his eye. There was nothing I could do being above him, so my heart just broke. However, it turned into a really good lesson on prayer. When Matthias and I realized that there was nothing that we could really do to comfort him beyond ice, water, a popsicle for his hurting teeth, and hugs, we told him that we could say a prayer for him and that Jesus would heal him. Now every time something hurts, he says "Don't worry, Momma! Jesus heals me!" and it's totally true!) So we said a prayer about the balloon. We asked Oliver if he wanted to say it, but he didn't. However, he reminded Dada to pray for his balloon.
After dinner we played Oliver's new favorite: Candy Land!
Oliver had been asking all day if we could play with the sparklers again, so we totally intended on waking him up again when it was dark to play and even attempt pictures. However, he never really went down and it was already getting dark. He finally stayed in bed for 5 minutes, so we got him up to play and boy did we have fun!
2 comments:
Looks like you were having fun!
Alex
I love the shots especially the sparkler photos... you will have to tell me what you set your camera shutter speed at...we can be geeks together over settings:)
We were at the parade too- next year you will have to join us!
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