Sunday we stuck around the house so the kids could get a nap, or in Corbin's case some quiet time before we went to Roger Reynolds Park for the Festival and Fireworks. While they were resting I was busy trying to pack dinner and supplies for the park. Since this was the first year in awhile we've had great weather we knew it would be crowded, so we wanted to get to our site early. We "camp out" at the back end of the park on the soccer field, it's not so crowded there because everyone is either at the baseball diamonds or on the hill. It's also close, but not too close to all the rides, games, and LOUD music. The kids couldn't ride the rides last year because of the rain, so I thought they would want to this year . . . nope . . . they wanted to play on the playground that they play at every week. Corbin told me he wanted to wait until the fair to ride so he could do it with Mackenna.
Nora and Randall were getting frustrated with all the crowds, so we headed back to our camp site for dinner. The kids then spent the rest of the night running around the field until the fireworks started.
I have to say that this year was the best year in a long time! The past few years the weather has been so wet or unpredictable that they have to shoot of all the rockets as quickly as possible to beat the rain or wind. But this year they really went for it! The show was long, big, and it had two grand finales! You could hear the excitement from every corner of the park and when everyone thought it was over people were clapping and cheering and then and even bigger display finished off the night. Nora and Corbin were so tickled by the whole thing. Nora had to point out the color of every firework, and Corbin gave commentary on the size and shape of each one.
It was such a fantastic end to a great weekend!
Playground at R. Reynolds Park
Corbin trying to pour water on Nora
Randall and Corbin relaxing
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