Fun on the 4th

After the race, which I wrote about in the previous post, we just took it easy for the afternoon. In the evening we waited for the rain to stop and then went a few blocks over for the program. They had a carnival and we let Kim ride a few rides. I think those were her first carnival rides except the carousel at the zoo in Columbus.

Here's Kim at the race waiting for Dad to run by.



She was really excited to ride the airplane ride, but when it started she thought it went too fast.




After that, Dad went with her on the fire engine ride and she seemed to like that better.




After that we went and sat on the bleachers while they had the Salute to the Union, which included a cannon blast for each of the fifty states. Then there was an Army band concert, which was great, but by the end the kids were starting to get tired. Then it was fireworks time. The fireworks were some of the best I've ever seen. Glade managed to see most of them, but Kim was just too darn tired. It's that darn daylight savings time. It was too late for the kids by the time it was dark enough for fireworks.



At the end of the day, I realized I hadn't gotten any pictures of Glade, so I snapped one back in our hotel room in his cute 4th of July outfit from Grammy and Granddad. He is tired, but still happy.