I grew up in a very musical family. We all sing and play various instruments, and holidays are always celebrated with songs. As a kid, 4th of July meant Kentucky Fried Chicken and a medley of patriotic songs complete with choreography, performed by myself, my sisters and my cousins. We would put on little shows for the adults, and we thought it was grand fun! Good memories.
So in keeping with that spirit, I tried to teach a couple patriotic songs to Jack. He thought it was funny and kept asking me to sing the Uncle Sam Doodle song, but he loved the line,
"I've got a Yankee doodle sweetheart.."
He would even put his hands together by his face...if only you could see him singing it. Too cute. Just too darn cute. He didn't really get what we were celebrating...at one point he said, "It's Valentines Day Mommy?" and he also has since confused Uncle Sam [see photo from parade below] with Fireman Sam. He also was not a fan of the fireworks. He has always been sensitive to noise, so he didn't like the BOOM of the fireworks. We still had a lot of fun celebrating with family and friends!!
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| My Mom "Mia" and my Aunt "Nina" with Claire and Gabriel |
Like I mentioned already, we have a 3rd of July party [because that's when there are fireworks in the neighborhood where Nana lives :-) This year we all went to my sister's house for dinner and then headed over to Nana's for an ice cream social! I wanted to get more candid shots, but my camera battery died [doh!]. We had a wonderful time and it was fun to see my newly-wed brother and his cute wife who were in town from L.A!
And just in case you thought we were totally un-American by solely celebrating on the 3rd...we went to a small town 4th of July parade [on the 4th] with our friends, Ryan, Nichole, Brett & Haven!! Brett is Jack's best little buddy, and coincidently (wink wink), Brett's mama is one of my best friends! Our boys are 5 months apart (Jack's older) and now our girls are 5 months apart too...(Claire is younger). It's so fun having good friends to raise our kiddos with! The boys had such a blast in the wagon, and they waited so patiently for the parade to start!
They of course loved the old fashion tractors, cars, fire trucks and even a train {on a flatbed...but still]!
So much fun in one weekend. Whew! We really are blessed to be in this country. It's not perfect, but the freedoms we have are priceless.
Ok, I think that officially wraps up the Red, White, and the Bradford.
6 comments:
Ohhhhhh, your kiddos are dolls dolls dolls! I love the little newsboy hat! And the big red flower on your little girl! Reading about your fourth and all the family fun you had made me think to myself...she must be from the south! (My hubby's fam is from Arkansas and they seem to be more family oriented in those parts. I love it, and I'm a little jealous...) But then I remembered you're from California like me!
Glad you had a lovely third and fourth!
Love the title! And you guy's all look very nice in your Red Whit and Bradford ;)
My son is sensitive to noise too, we discovered last summer (then 3) that Fireworks need to be watched from the car, with it on, and the radio turned up. Then it's pleasant for everyone! Otherwise he screams like he's being physically abused!!!! Even this year we could tell we would have issues just from the little ones poeple put off in their yards, so we skipped the shows! Hopefully next year ;)
OHHH my gosh! What a beautious family! xox!
um, i want to live where nana lives! that looks like a glorious neighborhood! so glad ya'll had a wonderful holiday. we went wine tasting on saturday, then hung around home sunday and did the beach/beach fireworks on monday. i didn't take a single photo on monday =(.
your family is so gorgeous! :)
thanks for popping by and saying hi over on my blog! :) looks like you are going to blog sugar too!! YAY! So fun! :)
and yeah, i'm telling myself that the peely-ness of the canisters is kinda just like "texture" ;)
love these pics of your 4th. thanks for the blog love. it means alot to me. i'm so glad you like my little corner of the web.
you have a gorgeous family and YOU are gorgeous!!!
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