We had a good and full day yesterday. We rode our bikes to the post office and the library. The girls and I cleaned out their sandbox. It was quite the growing ground for little trees and weeds. I weeded in the garden a bit. I mowed in the afternoon, and after showers, we packed up and headed out for a surprise! It drove Olivia crazy to not know what the surprise was :) I didn't want to tell her ahead of time, just in case it didn't work out. We drove to Waverly to watch the Heritage Days fireworks. I was a little bit worried that we were going to be rained out, it started sprinkling just as we pulled into town. They shoot the fireworks off on the golf course, so to avoid all of the traffic and mass chaos, we parked at the hospital. We spent some time in my office, waiting for it to get dark, and then ventured out onto the deck outside of my office. It turned out to be the perfect viewing spot. There were a few that were a little low and might have been better closer, but for the most part we had a great view and all of the effects of the big booms. My boss and his daughter and her friend had the same idea, as well as some other off-duty hospital workers, and some that were on duty in the ER. Being up a bit and off the grass helped with the mosquitos too. Both girls were really tired. Olivia fell asleep on the deck bench and slept through the grand finale and all of it's massive booming. Both were asleep in the car on the way home. We left Sugar at home, but not kenneled up, and we were very impressed - there was no destruction - at least none that we've found :) Of course, despite being up until 11:00, Elliott was awake before 6:00 this morning. I'm quick to get up with her as she's wearing panties to bed now, and I want to avoid accidents. I did get her to lay down with me until 7:00. I think we'll all be ready for a nap today!!!