Fireworks!

Today I didn't have to work, but I still took the kids to "school" and what a great day it was!  Our house is mostly reclaimed.  Both Squirrel and I feel out of sorts when our house is too messy so we have definitely been out of sorts since the kids have been here.  We had shuffled so many things around that we just hadn't gotten to taking care of.  We still have areas to "fix" but overall it is better.  Before the girls, their room had been our play/storage/guest so a lot of those things are now in our music room, but I may be able to get to that this week.

After the kids and Squirrel got home we all went out to Mexican where I managed to open the door right into Sissy's mouth!  Well, more appropriately she danced right into the door as I was opening it.  She is not a very calm girl and is always darting side to side, flinging her body this way and that so it was unfortunate, but not a surprise.  Sissy insisted she had to go to the hospital, but a napkin and a Sprite fixed that.  Usually Bug is upset when her sister is upset, but she just wanted the chips.  This kid loves chips and salsa.  When another couple was leaving they stopped at our table and said, "you know the drama just increases when they are teenagers" and I wanted to reply that the beauty of it is that I don't have to keep them that long.

We all enjoyed our food... Bug demolished some beans and a burrito.  Sissy enjoyed her taco and ate all the sour cream we had.  Both girls tore up the sides of tomatoes.  After dinner we returned home for a bit and had them put on their pajamas before our next "nnnvnnntuh"  or "adventure".

I had the brilliant idea that we would take the truck to go see fireworks.  The girls always remark about fireworks and I figured that if we didn't go we would have issues at home when they heard them outside.  It was supposed to be good viewing downtown, but Sissy is having issues with crowds and displays of excitement (freaks her out and she starts crying) so I wanted to find a good spot.  We found a great spot that wasn't too busy (we were the first vehicle) and we piled into the back of the truck.  Yes, we used the truck as a raised viewing area and a playpen!  It worked fabulous.  Since we went a bit early we had about an hour and half wait, but we packed some "new" puzzles, bubbles, snacks, blankets and chairs so we were great.

We were very impressed by most of those around us... at one time even some folks came up near our truck (since there was open space) and were going to set off some of their fireworks, but they took one look at the dynamic duo and didn't want to spook them and went to find a different spot.  The only folks I questioned the sanity of were the folks right in front of us that let their son use a torch to light his and his younger brother's fireworks and the older one looked to be about 10.

Both were asleep by the time we made the short three mile drive home and that is it.  Other than a busted lip a nearly perfect day.  (and now that we saw fireworks tonight we don't have to tomorrow)