Sadly, this year’s 4th of July did not include fireworks. However, I couldn’t help but laugh when I ran across this online – it sums up how I feel about ‘other’ fireworks.

With that said, we had a fantastic day at my parents house with my sister and her family. Plenty of laughter, food and just a lot of fun.

We spent most of the day outside watching all the kids play on the ‘Slip n’ Slide’ – the best entertainment of the day. I’m not sure if it was because of Hurricane Arthur skipping by us a few days prior or what – but it was actually ‘cool’ weather for our time of year. Florida and ‘cool’ weather means it was probably in the middle 80s, but it was overcast – so perfect!

And just like any summertime get together, ours ended with ice cream. There’s no ‘easy’ way for a kid to eat a chocolate/ice cream bar and not make a mess. And Molly did a great job of finding a way to eat it too. I like to think that she takes after me with her love for ice cream.

And despite our neighbors blasting off some massive fireworks once the sun went down, our girls never even moved once they went to sleep. I thought for sure they would wake up – but we never heard a peep from them.

It must have been all of the ‘slip n’ sliding’ and the extra helpings of ice cream that helped put them to sleep. I’ll have to remember that trick again for next year’s holiday.

How did you spend your 4th of July?