an edmonds kind of day
dibs on not changing his diaper.
We ended up spending much of Independence Day up in Edmonds, where Charlie’s Oma and Opa live. We spent the previous night in Poulsbo, where The Fourth is celebrated on the third to avoid competition with other near-by firework displays. It works out well for us since we have family that lives there, on the water, with a great view of the fireworks. Plus, coming back, the ferry happens to drop us right in Edmonds. The terminal is just blocks from Oma’s toy store, where we were able to park our car. Oh, but that’s not all. On the morning of The Fourth, there is the annual Edmonds parade that is preceded by a children’s parade. The children’s parade is much like a slo-motion running of the bulls, only instead of the threat of being gored, you have to keep from being pelted by hard candy and your toes from being run over by razor scooters.
Our plans to watch the big fireworks show from a boat on Lake Union fell through (hope everybody’s feeling better), so we ended up staying in Edmonds for a delicious dinner with the family. We decided to head home before the Edmonds fireworks started to avoid traffic. However, looking at the clock on the way home, we figured that we could make it to Fremont in time to find a decent view of the big show. So, with Charlie passed out in the back seat and Pedro shaking on our laps, we sat in the driveway of an apartment complex and watched the impressive display. The camera was in the trunk, but it did look a lot like last year’s show
July 8th, 2008 at 8:17 am
That corn picture is AWESOME. Glad you all had a lovely holiday weekend.
July 8th, 2008 at 8:40 am
HEH. The corn picture (and comment) made me laugh.
Did my Norwegian homies in Poulsbo celebrate the 3rd of July with some lutefisk and lefsa? OOFTA!
July 8th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Great pictures! Looks like a great weekend.
July 8th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
AH HA. corn is not meant for little ones JUST for this reason alone. You are brave, very brave.
July 9th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
nice parade pix.
saw a comment you made on lvgurl. from one Jon B to another, i salute you! we gotta keep it real.
July 9th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Corn and blueberries always seem to look exactly the same when they come out. Charlie just gets more and more beautiful!
July 9th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Even with the visuals, I want to eat an ear of corn, right now!
July 10th, 2008 at 6:24 am
I LOVE corn! It looks so good. Happy 4th.
July 13th, 2008 at 9:59 am
you should win an award for the corn photo. or he should win an award for being the cutest kid ever eating corn (or ever)
July 29th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
I love how almost every blog post I read about Edmonds - the town we just moved to - is almost always about visiting the grandparents. We might be the only people under 70 that live down in the bowl.
Sizzlesays sent me over here when I asked her about Seattle bloggers. I’ll be checking back in frequently.