We had a fun, summery July 4th weekend this year. It sure beat last year, which was spent painting, cleaning blinds, and wiping baseboards in preparation for our furniture arrival the following Monday. So we're officially in our 2nd year of ABQ residence. Wonder if I should change the name of the blog... Anyway, I digress.
Our friends came over for hamburgers and hot dogs and some water fun. I got the kids a slip and slide, hoping the weather would hold up. It kind of did. We set it up and Jordan (and Jamie) got to play on it for about 10 mins before lightening had us scurrying for cover. Then the wind picked up, the storm blew by, and the temp dropped 15 degrees. Finally the sun came back out and Jo and her friends were able to play. Kids are tough, they don't feel the cold until it's time to quit. It was sunny, but tap water is pretty cold here, it was only 73 degrees, and the wind was really strong. Anyway, nobody's lips were REALLY blue.
Afterwards we pigged out on junky American fare: hamburgers, hot (i.e. too spicy for the kids)hot dogs, jalapeno poppers, pasta salad, fruit salad (ok, that was healthy), and banana wafer pudding. Yum. We let Jordan stay up late and the three of us set up shop on the balcony to watch fireworks. Whenever we sell this place, we'll have to be sure to mention that you have ringside seats to an awesome fireworks show. And it's crazy how into the 4th ABQ folk are. You could see fireworks all across the city, the stuff people buy (illegally) to shoot from their house, for HOURS. Someone on the next street over blew a lot of money on the big ones, and they would rain down on our balcony, and also Jamie's car, as he found out this morning. I don't know how Jordan, or us for that matter, slept through it all. Must have been all of that Slip n' Slide fun.
1 comment:
I don't think July 4th food is supposed to be healthy! Hope the fireworks didn't burn a hole in your roof! :o)
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