Fourth In the North

I've determined nothing is more unique then the 4th of July that falls on a Sunday when you live in a small town. Why?? Only here can we make it last 3 full days!
We have the Cruise In on Main--lucky for me our office window overlooks the conference center where the totally awesome classic cars all register. So we get a sneak peek of some of the fun classic cars. The Friday night (normally the 3rd of July--because everyone drives to the city for the real fireworks on the 4th) we had our fireworks show.
Sadly Heidi Anne fell asleep before it started. She did get some Aggie Ice Cream and to see the military fly over. To which she pointed to it and said "Airplane". How we got pictures of that-I will never know!
On Saturday Cruise In on Main happens-most people, businesses, restaurants even, start saving spots a few days in advance. But the morning of is just priceless! RVs, trailers, chairs with rope or tape sectioned off. Nothing quite says small town then the Saturday of Cruise In-and I couldn't love it more!!

For the 4th for real-We visited Chars family. Where Heidi Anne got to play in the wadding pool. Can you tell she was a little excited? She played in the water, splashed, even put a plastic green chair in the center.
She just ran round the back yard playing between the slide, grass, and wading pool.She even helped out with some gardening and playing with her cousin Alice while we were barbecuing. She fell asleep on the drive home before the real fireworks started, but we tossed a few pop fire works earlier in the morning, which were good enough for her.