Well I have fond memories of this 4th of July and two burn marks to remember it by....I grabbed the wrong end of one of those sparklers that everyone else let's their children play with....Just for future reference if you are curious you will immediately receive a third degree burn from those hot suckers. I think my fingers blistered in about one second...Im sure I'm scarred for life. Needless to say...we didn't finish the 5 other packages we had sitting inside..Mama went inside to do some first aid. The hot air balloons were out again this morning and I had to suppress several urges to wake all the kids again and share in the joy of watching them rise over the crisp summer morning air. I knew if I got them all up I wouldn't be able to finish my run...again..sigh.. So then when this Smokey the Bear balloon left the normal route and came literally right over our house...about 300 ft up or so...so really close...I couldn't stand it. I woke up the big kids and Jacob was already awake. I did finish however because Benjamin was kind enough to push Jacob in the stroller for me (while he complained about his poor arms aching....) and we got to watch Smokey the Bear and then this great pink pig one float out to the lake side of town.
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