What's on for the 4th?

[TXmom]

We're having a small BBQ for ds's 4th birthday. In the morning there's a parade and they say you can see the Vista Ridge Mall fireworks from the park here in town. My older kids are so disappointed because we can't buy any fireworks down here. I haven't even been able to find sparklers! We took the kids to Six Flags yesterday and had a great time. The 15 minute drive home was nice too - we love living sown here!

[KarlaB]

We're heading to the lake tonight for a fish fry. The small town near the lake will have a parade and other activities tomorrow and then we'll head home for fireworks. This wknd is also "Fun Days" in our town, so there's a kiddie parade Friday, a regular parade Saturday, a carnival all wknd, etc. They wrap it up with fireworks Sunday night. We'll spend time there and at the lake with my family. It should be a lot of fun and it looks like the weather is going to be great! :yippee:

:rwb: Have a safe and Happy 4th!!!! :rwb:

[KarlaB]

Originally posted by TXmom
We're having a small BBQ for ds's 4th birthday. In the morning there's a parade and they say you can see the Vista Ridge Mall fireworks from the park here in town. My older kids are so disappointed because we can't buy any fireworks down here. I haven't even been able to find sparklers! We took the kids to Six Flags yesterday and had a great time. The 15 minute drive home was nice too - we love living sown here!

Happy birthday to your ds! :Party: We can't buy fireworks here either. My mom did find some sparklers while out of state, so that will be fun...I get nervous having those around dks though. Happy 4th! :rwb:

[AnnW]

We are going to our pool for their 4th party and then over to the bayou to watch fireworks.


Donna.....You are 15 minutes from Six Flags??? Why did I think you were more 635/I35 area? That mall must be new too, don't remember it! LOL

[angie r]

We are going to spend Wednesday with our neighbors most likely swimming. Our neighborhood pool finally opened!! In the late afternoon we are going to meet up with my family at Symphony on the Prairie. We are going to picnic and stay for the fireworks. They have all kinds of neat activities for the kids. I hope it is fun and does not rain!

This weekend we are going to the lake for water skiing and sea-doo'ing. Staying over at my mom's and going to our old church Sunday morning. :yippee:

[TXmom]

635 and I35 aren't far either. We were heading home around 8pm last night and there was no traffic, so we made it back in about 15 minutes. We did it in 20 last Saturday.

No, Vista Ridge Mall in Lewisville has got to be about 15 years old.

[RCT]

going over to our village high school for fireworks....probably have more of a celebration this weekend with a bbq for the kids, I am kinda familied out so I want to keep it simple.....have a great one all.....

[Leigh]

Dh and I are going to look at a house. I hope the deal on this house comes together for us. This is the very first one that we looked at and it seems the best one so far, so keep your fingers crossed for us. We will probably grill out tomorrow:licklips: and we might see a firework show afterwards. Everyone have a happy and safe 4th of July!!!:rwb:

[Diane]

We stayed home and did yard work for the better part of the day... but it was nice having the day off. It seemed like Saturday all day and it was hard having to set the alarm clock to get up at 6:00 this morning. LOL We had a bbq outside yesterday but pretty much stayed to ourselves. Later we went to the park and watched the fireworks... but it got SO darn cold outside. Burrrr! It got to the point where everyone seemed more anxious for the fireworks display to get done and over with so they could all get back home to warm up. LOL I noticed a lot of people left before they were even over with. :( Well... at least it wasn't raining. LOL

Today is work as usual. I've got 3 sets of parents who are off from work today and tomorrow... and I have two sets who still brought their kids this morning. Ugh... The kids are still SO tired because of staying up and watching the fireworks last night... most of them didn't get to bed until after 11:00. I really don't really mind having them here but I do wish that mom and dad would have let them stay in bed to sleep in a little bit before bringing them. One little one came in kicking and screaming because they've got out of town company... and she wanted to stay home and play with her little cousins, who are her age. They live right across the street from me so... I'm hoping that they'll all be kind enough to at least stay in the house and play where my little one won't see her daddy outside playing and having fun with her cousins. I guess I don't quite understand their way of thinking... but I guess it really isn't my place to ask. ?( LOL :)

Anyway... I'd better get my caboose in gear. I promised the kids I'd take them to the park today so... were going to pack a picnic lunch and get an early start. I hope you all have a great day...

Diane... :wave:

[TXmom]

We had our little BBQ for ds yesterday and it turned out quite nice. Only the grandmoms and dh's sister came, but it was plenty and everyone was in a good mood. Last night we went up to dh's office to watch the city of Irving fireworks. It was incredible. We saw fireworks we've never seen before and to be up on the 13th floor right next to them was amazing!8o

Diane - I can't believe a family brought their child to daycare when they have kids at home for her to play with!!! Is this the same family that brought her over when the Dad was out of work and at home, or is that someone else I'm thinking of?

[Leigh]

Well, we went and looked at the house. We decided that we liked it, and we wrote up a contract on it. The only prob is now the guy is trying to back out of it. I don't know what is going to happen now. We didn't get to bar-be-que or see fireworks though. Oh well, I guess life goes on!

[TXmom]

OMG! What's the guy's problem? Tell us about the house.

[Diane]

Originally posted by TXmom
We had our little BBQ for ds yesterday and it turned out quite nice. Only the grandmoms and dh's sister came, but it was plenty and everyone was in a good mood. Last night we went up to dh's office to watch the city of Irving fireworks. It was incredible. We saw fireworks we've never seen before and to be up on the 13th floor right next to them was amazing!8o

Diane - I can't believe a family brought their child to daycare when they have kids at home for her to play with!!! Is this the same family that brought her over when the Dad was out of work and at home, or is that someone else I'm thinking of?


Wow... I've never seen fireworks up that close before. That must have been awsome... :)

Yes... this is the same dad who brought his kids over here every day when he was home and out of work. This situation here isn't the first time he's done this to me either. Once he had offered to take care of a friends two kids for the day while him and his dw went to Valley Fair for the day. At the time I didn't realize any of this was happening until later when I brought my dck's outside to play... and within 5 minutes he was outside in his front yard playing with these two other kids. Well... can you imagine how his own dd must have felt when she saw HER daddy outside in their front yard playing with somebody elses kids with HER toys? She didn't even know who they were... had never seen them before. Of course, she called over to her daddy asking him to come and get her... She wanted to go home to join in on all the fun daddy was having. So, she's calling out to him and asking him to come over to get her, and he tells her... "no honey, just stay put. Daddy will be over to pick you up a little later, after your nap." Ugh!!! I NEVER mind working for my $$, I'm FAR from lazy... and I would never complain but... today really got to me because this little girl has had this TERRIBLE cough. I'VE also been sick with a terrible cough too. (I got it from this little girl) Now I'm told that this MOM is home (as well as dad) today too because... she's got a TERRIBLE cough... but yet they expect their little one to deal/cope with her regular routine... while mom gets to stay home to rest and take care of herself. Well... she can't be feeling too bad because I saw them all (including the little kids) getting out of the van about an hour ago... They'd gone shopping. I am the first to realize/understand that everyone needs and deserves time to themselves... and I wouldn't take that away from anybody, but with them this is happening ALL the time. Sometimes I just don't quite get it... LOL Maybe I'm wrong in my way of thinking but it just doesn't make sense to me. :) If you're so willing to volunteer to take care of everybody elses kids... woudn't you WANT your own there too? Why would you want to spend all day with someone elses child and not your own? I probably won't complain or say anything about today, but when they come to pick up their dd's up from day care today... they will be told that if this little one's cough isn't any better by tomorrow, she won't be allowed back into day care. I hate to have to force people to take care of their kids... but sometimes if you don't, they won't. Sorry for going on and on... I know you only asked a question, but it's been a long/hard week. Thanks for allowing me to vent a little bit. :)

Diane... :wave:

[Lynda/WA]

We had a BBQ and fireworks at our house. Washington allows many more types of fireworks than Oregon to all the relatives want to come here for the 4th.
It's really strange sitting in your back yard and being able to see fireworks going off 360 degrees around you! Anyways, as we finished eating the guys had to start playing with their toys and setting them off. Last year the neighbors had a party as well and between all of us an easy 1,000$ went up in smoke. This year their party was rotated somewhere else and we alone (with BIL) lit up about 500$ worth. To those of you that can't do fireworks be happy. You get a man in a fireworks sale tent and its worse than a kid in a candy store! One nice thing is that we could all sit bundled up in blankets on cushy chairs eating pie and ice cream watching our own fireworks. When the baby started getting cold and tired her mom took her iside and they opened the shades to watch from the couch.
They do fireworks for New Years as well. Same as in Germany.

[TXmom]

Do they seem interested and involved in their kids on the weekends and in the evenings and stuff? I'm starting to feel so sorry for these little girls!

Lynda,

Sounds awesome. I agree with men being like little boys in a candy store with those fireworks! I did enjoy not spending the money on them this year.

[Diane]

Originally posted by TXmom
Do they seem interested and involved in their kids on the weekends and in the evenings and stuff? I'm starting to feel so sorry for these little girls!

Lynda,

Sounds awesome. I agree with men being like little boys in a candy store with those fireworks! I did enjoy not spending the money on them this year.

Sometimes I feel VERY sorry for those little girls. When they're WITH their girls... and around other people, they act like they are the BEST parents. IMHO it's not hard to put on a good show... and I've seen it done SO many times. In this case I'm not even sure if it's a show... just the way it is. I know that they love their dd's, when it's convenient for them. Sometimes I get the feeling that they don't want to spend any more time with their dd's than they have to. The dad has off EVERY single Friday and has never ever once kept the kids home with him or dropped them off any later in the morning or picked them up any earlier in the afternoon. IF/when they have the time or want to take the time to be good parents... they probably are the best. They are VERY nice people... also extremely picky about who is taking care of their child/ren (me) during the day, who/what kind of kids their children will be playing with while in day care... and also who THEY hang around with. I just don't think that they "see" anything wrong with what they're doing or even if they realize that they are doing it... and maybe it's not even them... but me who's expecting too much. LOL Some of the other neighbor's have asked me a few times why these kids are always at MY house when it's obvious that mom and dad are at home... and I just shrug my shoulders. Other people notice... without me ever having to say a word... so I don't know. Maybe I'm being too picky/expecting too much or too ?( as to what good parenting is all about. :rolleyes: Who knows... LOL

Diane... :wave:

[Linda/NE]

Sounds like you all had fun plans for the 4th! For the first time since I can remember dh had the entire day off--no chores at the farm to do. He did have to get up and take ds #1 to town by 7 am to put up flags with the Boy Scouts.
We went into dh's brother's and grilled dogs and burgers. Then we went swimming, got pizza for supper and then watched fireworks at the ball field. Dd # 2 had a headache all during the fireworks and even fell asleep for a while. I held her on the way home (I know not safe :( ) She threw up on me on the way home. When we got out she kept saying she was sorry for it. Poor thing felt so bad and it wasn't her fault! She felt better today. I think she got too hot and her headache upset her stomach. (At least I hope so)

Some neighbors came over a Sunday and Tuesday nites to light off our own personal fireworks. I took some pics with the digital camera and they came out kinda neat. I haven't looked at the ones I took of the ones in town. Ds#1 took some with his 'point and shoot' 35 mm camera for his photography project in 4-h. I hope they turn out.

Diane,
My sister was telling me that she's heard of people who seriously can't pick up on social cues as to what is appropriate or not. They have to be taught things like, "this is what a person looks like when they are upset with you" ,etc. It's like they are socially-challenged. (I think my SIL is. 8o ) Makes you wonder if people can seriously be that uncaring and clueless.

[kat]

Originally posted by TXmom
We're having a small BBQ for ds's 4th birthday. In the morning there's a parade and they say you can see the Vista Ridge Mall fireworks from the park here in town. My older kids are so disappointed because we can't buy any fireworks down here. I haven't even been able to find sparklers! We took the kids to Six Flags yesterday and had a great time. The 15 minute drive home was nice too - we love living sown here!

Donna, only 15 minutes from Six Flags? We are taking the youth group (25 of us) to Six Flags and a Rangers game at the end of the month. Dh is in charge of reservations. Can we stay with you :rolleyes: ?

[TXmom]

2 Kat

LOL! Sure, I've got room for 25! Where are ya'll coming from? Honk if you drive past Coppell!

[kat]

Donna,

We will be in town on the 27th. Will honk. We'll be in the Clarksville (Arkansas) Church of Christ bus, so keep your eyes and ears open.
:D