Fourth of July at Plum House

So we set out to have a lazy 4th. We had told Jill & Jer our plans and invited them if they wanted. We also knew that my parents would probably join the festivities.When we were visiting one of the neighborhoods, J came up and asked if she and her sisters could come stay with us for a couple of days. We said yes and so yesterday we had three extra little girls.That afternoon we went to the parade, my parents, our kids, Robert & I and three little girls. We enjoyed watching little girls who had never gotten to see a parade except for on TV. They had fun running for candy with our kids, waving at the people in the parade, clapping for the veterans and getting soaked at the end of the parade. It was a fun time.Then last night Jill and Jer joined us with one of their neighbors for fireworks. We had planned to get together with our neighbors for a firework show so with Russ, Robert and Jer's fireworks we had quite a show. We pulled lawn chairs out onto the side of the street and watched the guys and the kids run up and down lighting things, deciding on the perfect sequence and just general having a great time in controlled mayhem.At the end of the night when our visitors had gone all except our three little guests we heard a little voice say..."That was the best day ever!" and off to bed we all went.