Our Fab 4th!!

I am sure that most of you cooked out with friends and family and then watched some fireworks. Not The Nichols!!

True to form , we decided to have our own 4th celebration. Walter decided that we were going to camp out for the 4th, make smores and shoot fireworks from our deck...the deck that is wooden!

My first reaction was, where is my blow up mattress, and what if it rains on us? He laughed at me of course and then after seeing that it was supposed to rain overnight, decided that we should camp inside. The children were thrilled!We first started by making smores, on our outdoor chimnea of course. Then Walter pulled out the stack of fireworks that he had bought. Ann Elizabeth has seen fireworks before, but this was little Walter's first real experience with them. Our fireworks were low key so he thought that they were really neat. He and Ann Elizabeth did some sparklers, and other than trying to convience them NOT to run around with them, they did a great job.

After our grand finale that fell off of the deck (don't worry, no damage, but we all got a good laugh at Walter), it was time to move inside for our big camp out. I thought for sure that we wouldn't make it through the night with all of un in the tent. To my surprise, everyone fell asleep. Even little Walter. The children slept great. Walter and I, not so much. It was fun, but I very nicely reminded Walter this morning, that I would need an air mattress next time.