Our 4th of July was pretty fun. While we don't have the crazy, busy 4ths that many others do, ours was busy for us. We started the day trying to get to the beach in the morning with the rest of Point Loma. But by the time we were ready to bike over to the beach, Aaron was breaking down for a nap. We thought we could push it since he woke up late, but figured it was in our best interested to let the boy sleep and go to the beach after nap. So he napped, very short, but he napped, and then we biked over to the beach. It was very crowded, but it felt so much less crowded since we didn't have to deal with car parking. It's amazing what a difference that makes. We set up our 'camp' and got to our beach afternoon. We saw plenty of people we knew there and had some fun in the water and the sand. Aaron showed he was a true California boy, with the surfer blonde hair and all, loving the water and even riding on someone's boogie board in the water. Emily made some friends with a handful of girls her age and spent time out in the water on a giant raft with them. Kyle stuck close and played a lot of catch with us and saw some of his friends from school too. It was the perfect time at the beach.
I loved showing up on a bike, carefree and spending the time that we wanted without the worries of parking and such. Thank goodness Aaron has a bike seat and we could use the bike trailer to haul the beach stuff. Oh and Aaron was soo very tired on the way home that he completely passed out in his seat. I had to hold his head up to prevent it from flopping about. See picture below.
After dinner, we took in the fireworks from the neighborhood with about 5,000 other people who found it a great place to watch as well. Kyle and Emily watched with Simon and Aaron walked around watching the fireworks with the wide eyes of a toddler, loving it.
