Happy 4th!

It's kinda weird having the Fourth of July fall on a Wednesday...

all day, Andy and I keep thinking it's Sunday - it just feels like that! We're not used to having fun-time together on a weekday! Andy's plan for a monster bike ride this morning were thwarted by rain, so we all hung out till about 9am when we headed to Sparta for the big parade.

By the time we got there it was already well over 80 degrees, and we used umbrella's to keep the sun off! (Except Andy, who thought that was silly!) Loads of people lined the main street in Mohawk, and the parade was good fun... a highlight for the kids being - as ever - the candy collecting! I was pleased there was a marching band this year...

I never get very excited about parades that don't have marching bands. Ollie loved the fire trucks, but Maddie (as you can see) thought they were a bit too loud!! After standing in the shade of a big tree for over an hour, we were still super hot,

along with everyone else - temps in the low 90s today! We headed back home, Andy ventured out midday on his bike and made it 30 miles or so before having to call me for a rescue -- just too hot out there!! A valiant effort.

We had a refreshing stop at TCBY for expensive ice cream, then back home for an urgently needed water-fight!! I think little kids learn all they need to know about ruthlessness from their Daddies during water and snowball fights!

Ollie took it all in stride, laughing gleefully with every squirt. Lovely marinated pork tenderloin for dinner, with corn and carrots. Happy 4th!!