The 4th of July Extravaganza

This weekend was the Plona 4th of July picnic/fireworks/camping event. What fun we all had and what perfect weather! Aunt Verna and Uncle Hank were wonderful hosts and we all had an amazing time. This was the first time James ever spent 8 hours straight RUNNING and PLAYING in his entire life and boy was he tired the next day! No complaints from James though, he is the happiest little person we know who truly enjoys life.
Here were some highlights of the day:
- Getting out of the car and immediately spotting Uncle Hank's tractor "Whoooah!! Big big tractor! James go see it now!" So the hello's were put on hold for a few minutes while James got his first trip to the tractor. (it was followed by many more throughout the day. Each time James would first beg someone for the keys...thankfully he didn't know how to turn it on!)
- Finding out that there are CHEESE BALLS in the world was quite an eye opening experience! Mom is hoping James has forgotten about this part in amoung all the other things...
- Going barefoot everywhere and playing with all the big kids
- Getting to play in the bouncy houses ALL DAY LONG! and there were three!! Best thing is Boppa has one now so James can play in it all the time!
- Playing with the super-cool matchbox car ramp that Uncle Hank made for his grandkids. Now daddy has a(nother) project for the fall!
- Tents? All these people are going to sleep in tents tonight? James was very intrigued by this. The Hartigans opted not to camp out that night given mom's 6 month pregnant status...though she's feeling rather well these days, we thought it would be a little too much this year.
- FIREWORKS!! James was especially wow'ed by these lights in the sky. The best thing for mom and dad was after they were done, James would reach into the sky and say "the beachballs, I can't get them, they are too high!" His parallel of the big round explosions to beachballs was priceless.
- Best part of all was mom being able to watch James and daddy play all day long together. I'm not sure who had more fun as each was always laughing: be it in the bouncy houses, playing with the remote control cars with the 8 year olds or getting to explore deep in the woods with Uncle Hank.
Hope the holiday was great for everyone!

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