4th of July

We had a very good Fourth of July. In the morning we took in the parade. I thought Cordelia would go after the candy more, but she was more content sitting on the sidelines and eating the candy. She didn't like the loud noises in the parade and would cling to someone until the noise was gone. Torii got a surprise from Santa who made an appearance in the parade. One of Santa's elves gave him a present, which nobody was expecting. Torii looked at all of us like "well, what am I suppose to do with this?" He opened his present and there was a juice inside.

After the parade the boys went with Grandpa and Grandma and the rest of us went home. Cordelia crashed as soon as I put her in the crib. I took a catnap as well. Being well rested, we then headed over to Grandpa and Grandma's. After eating too much, the boys wanted to shoot off fireworks. We had one bag full of fireworks, which was plenty, although next year I will have to get more since the boys are enjoying blowing stuff up more. They even lit some fireworks on their own. There was only one minor injury when Rion wasn't watching what he was doing and hit Torii in the cheek with the punk. Today Torii has a small burn mark on his cheek. The boys bought lots of parachutes and they had fun chasing those. We got a few night time fireworks and those were a big hit too. When we left we took the long way home and took our time. Torii and Cordelia crashed in the car, but Rion stayed up the whole way home. We went through Lincoln which was one massive smoke cloud. It was a good show though.

When we got home Torii wanted to be carried inside. I told him I had to carry Cordelia in, so he walked in by himself. When I got inside with Cordelia, Torii was fast asleep on the chair. Torii, Cordelia and I all slept in until 9:30 this morning.