Fourth of July

We didn't do tons for the Fourth. We ate outside with our neighbors (steak and corn on the cob, very American). After that, we headed to our closest big show, the Evanston show. Evanston is one of the wealthy, northern suburbs (it's where Northwestern University is and is also where Mean Girls is set). We decided to drive a little closer, park and then ride our bikes to a good spot. It was perfect weather for such activities. We ended up with an awesome spot on this peninsula into Lake Michigan. We were right next to where they were shooting off the fireworks but we could see downtown Chicago in the distance. Addilyn is such a good big sister. We rode our bikes and Elias fell asleep on her lap during the ride. She stayed very still and quiet as to not wake him.
We got her out of there without waking him! The kids woke him up probably 10 minutes later by running around and screaming but he was going to get awakened by the fireworks anyway. So cute!

This is probably the best show we've seen. It was 20 minutes long and was very consistent. This wasn't even the finale!