it's the 4th of july. whooo-hoo. americans have a big party every year on this day. dad took the day off work, mostly because he spent 24hr travelling yesterday and was a bit tired. he and i hung out doing stuff. you know, guy stuff. mom made things in the kitchen for our little celebration. we ate an early dinner. the grown ups had things like hotdogs and potato salad. bleh. i didn't get anything, what's up with that?
after dinner mom sprayed us down with anti bug spray and out the door we went. where are we going? what's going on? mom drove us to the next town and there were people and cars everywhere. we parked on a bit of grass near the train tracks. then we got out of the car and walked with everyone else. thousands of people all going to the park. there was all kinds of exciting stuff. loads of booths were set up and people were selling food and drinks. awesome. mom went and stood in line and got me a slice of pizza and cold sodas. whoo-hoo. i get to eat fun food for dinner. mom and dad picked a nice spot in the grass and we set down our blanket. i sat and ate the pizza.
basically we just sat in the grass for a few hours watching all the people. i ate the pizza and then mom stood in line for ages to get me a fruit smoothie and a frozen lemonade for her and dad. mmmmm tasty drinks. we listened to the different bands playing music. it was nice just relaxing outside with my folks for a bit. the bug spray kept the mosquitoes away. eventually the sun went down and there was no more room on the grass for people to sit. some announcer guy said there were 20,000 people in the park. that's a lot of people.
at 9.30 the excitement started. FIREWORKS! that's what we've been waiting for. the fireworks lit up the sky and it was great fun. they exploded for a good 30min and then it was all over. very fun stuff. i got to stay up wicked late and watch fireworks. 4th of july is ok by me.