We started the day off as we always do, with a trip to the Reagan Library for their Independence Day festivities. There were some notable changes this year–the gentleman who always runs Patriotic Bingo was conspicuously absent, Betsy Ross has gotten so heavy that she doesn’t even stand up anymore to do her stars, and the Boy Scouts had a bracelet making station instead of necklaces and lanyards. Apparently the popsicle stick flags weren’t a big hit, so they were back to the windsocks this year, with an additional booth where you could make a windsock hat for your head. You notice the little things after seven years…
This year, we decided to sit in on one of the reenactor presentations. Ulysses S Grant invited the kids up to learn how to be US Army recruits!
Then later in the afternoon, we finally joined the Great Mariposa Water Balloon Fight for the first time ever. Those other side of campus folks don’t mess around. There were thousands of water balloons. Sunde just sat at her post through the whole fight, filling and filling. At first, Janie dropped balloons on people from the deck above, but she finally ventured down, shielded by a chair, and did her bit for the cause.
Then down to Baxter Park, where we grilled paella and banana smores boats and enjoyed the view (perfect for seeing the rich people’s private fireworks over the water when night falls).
Looks like Tommy really got into it!! What fun! 🙂
Finally catching up on blogs. Loved the play-by-play of your July 4th activities! The first paragraph about the Reagan Library cracked me up! 🙂 That water balloon fight is epic!