Spectacular Spectacular

Being 4 means you get to do some pretty grown up stuff - like staying up late to watch fireworks on 4th of July! Here in Seattle, that meant Evie stayed up way past her normal bedtime hour because it gets dark so late that the show doesn't begin until 10pm. Evie was a champ though and had a grand ole time. It was too tiring to carry her for the whole show so for a lot of it, she could only see the fireworks that were shot high up over everyone's heads. That didn't matter to her because the real treat was getting to hang out with her friend "Blakes". The two of them wore matching princess jammies and really only payed attention to half the fireworks show - they were too busy playing make-believe or waving their glow sticks around. Still, it was so fun to hear them exclaim "Amazing!" and "OOOH!!! Purple!!" or "That looks like glitter!" or "UNITED STATES!!!" (when Evie would see an American flag on someone's house.) It was probably my most memorable 4th of July in a loooooong time because it was so fun to see it through Evie's eyes.

Some cartoons after bath while the grownsups
get to hang out and have a drink.

Getting ready to walk to the park to
watch the Fireworks show!

Ready for the show! It was really crowded so
we didn't get great "seats".

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