Independence Day

Happy 4th of July! We had a great 4 day weekend that incuded 2 parties, a short trip to San Francisco, a first movie, a parade, fireworks and shopping. It makes me tired just to think about it all! This morning we took the train up to Redwod City for the 4th of July parade. It was fun but looooong. We left before the parade ended (and after 2 hours!) because the train home only leaves once an hour and we had lots of stuff to get done! Patrick enjoyed it, but was fading by the end. His favorites were the horses and fire engines (there were lots of both). Later on we went to a BBQ at Grandma's house where Patrick had a complete blast playing with his cousins. His cousins are all older (5, 6, 6, 9 and 11) but Patrick just adores them all and they are so good with him. It's really sweet to watch :)

Patrick also decided he really likes fireworks. We were watching some little "safe and sane" fireworks in the backyard and Patrick kept repeating "I like fire. More fire.". Aye yi yi.