4th of July holiday weekend
- Relax all day getting ready for fireworks - check
- Buy fireworks at very sketchy, fully redneck fireworks store - check
- Throw Snap dragons at each other in the street - check
- Pick over BBQ ribs waiting for it to get dark enough to light fireworks - check
- Set off practice firework in the backyard - check
- Watch daughter burst into a million tears, scream bloody murder, and run as fast as her precious little legs would work as said firework blasts off into the air (do not laugh no matter what) - check
- Beg daughter for half an hour into coming out from under her blanket to watch the $50 worth of fireworks that we are going to watch no matter what kind of emotional trauma we inflict - check
- Convince daughter to come out of hiding by moving the chair from the back yard to the front yard, bringing a magic wand and making fireworks "happen" with said magic wand and lalala's - check
- Hop into the car (unexpectedly) to catch Thunder on the Mountain that starts in 20 minutes (everyone has shoes right?) - check
- Get a premium seat on the ridge in Vestavia just in time to see an amazing display of fireworks for 15 - 20 minutes (why do I have a beach towel in the car? Thank goodness that I have a beach towel in the car) - check
- Carry a smiling, sweaty little girl back to the car to fall asleep and dream about fireworks - check
- Fall asleep to the sounds of rogue fireworks in the neighborhood - check
