Dear Ella, this story is for you. And for us grown ups to enjoy. But mainly for you so I don't forget! My sweet Ella had Randy and I cracking up the whole way to see fire works. Instead of the usual, "are we there yet??" Ella would ask us, "Are we almost to AMERICA??" Randy and I exhausted every idea we had trying to help her understand that we live in America and we were only going to drive up the road to Little Washington for fire works, but she didn't understand. She kept saying, "but you guys said I live in North Carolina?!" Randy won the "Most Creative" for his explanation......he used the analogy of a house. He said, "Well, you know how we have our house, right? And inside we have our bedrooms and the kitchen? The living room and the bathrooms? If you're in your bed, you are in your bedroom, but you're also in the "house". That's how America is. There is one big piece of land that is America and a bunch of states inside. We live in North Carolina which is in America!" I thought for sure we had a break through....but nope! Not even five minutes later a little voice from the back seat said..."okay....but when are we going to AMERICA??"
We had a great 4th though! We enjoyed watching the fireworks at the Washington waterfront. We took the wagon with us and the kids enjoyed getting to ride around while we strolled the downtown streets. It's one of our favorite places! We met up with some friends and enjoyed live music and great fireworks. It was a perfect night....except that we had to hustle pretty quickly after the show was over to get in our van and avoid some much needed rain. We made it though!
Here are some pics from the night!
My "big boy" Noah! 2 Years old sporting his red, white, and blue!
It's nearly impossible to get a good group shot with everyone smiling! We also didn't have anyone to take a family pic, so we took turns taking pics of each other with the kids and then forgot to get a group shot later that night!
My most precious gifts!
Mommy and Ella
Mommy and Noah
Miss Ella Grace...a Daddy's Girl through and through!
The soon to be Birthday Girl!
Enjoying our walk...
Lots of festivities!
Love this guy!
A good time, with good friends!
Happy Birthday America!
Who said she could look so grown up? She looks so big!!! Oh my goodness. I love the pictures and the story about America is priceless.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE our Little Washington tradition! Can you believe it just started last year?! Suzanne made the best comment that we will have to go back each year...even when we are old :o)
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