independence day 2011

we had a quiet and lovely celebration of our country's independence this year. it started out with swim lessons for the kids (no break, even for the 4th of july). it was nice because allan got to go with me and see how great lucas and emma are doing. after swimming, we headed out to burbank (wa not ca) to pick up some fun fireworks. the rest of the day was spent hanging out as a family, cleaning out the garage a little, and then having a friend over for dinner. we had to wait until it got dark before we could set off the fireworks, and lucas was in such agony over it! the girls really didn't like the loud noises, but enjoyed seeing the pretty displays of light. the funniest thing i can remember about this year's july 4th is when i took emma back into the house to go potty. she told me, "i don't like bad moms." i'm like, "what? is she telling me i'm a bad mom?" after some questioning from me, i figured out that she was saying she didn't like the MAD BOMBS. they were the ones that made the loudest boom of all the fireworks we had. so funny.

you can see from the last pic that i'm obviously not the photographer.

he was too busy playing with the explosives.