We made the most of our Wednesday off though. We started our day off at Hello Sugar where we snagged some festive mini donuts along with much needed coffee from Indaba. Afterwards, we headed over to Olmstead Park where Lincoln played to his heart content for a good 2 hours.
Later on, we headed home for some back yard entertainment where he played in the kiddie pool and Kevin and I had a little festive cocktail. Lime La Croix makes the best mid-day gin and tonic if you're looking for a quick summer drink. I added a few blueberries and strawberries to it for a little festive touch. We tried to keep Lincoln up a bit later than usual for his afternoon nap because we had plans to watch the fireworks. Those didn't start till 10 PM so we had to be strategic with nap time. Our plan was successful and Lincoln napped from about 3PM till a little after 5:30 which kept him in a decently good mood for our late night festivities.
After his nap we whipped up a batch of muddy buddies complete with 4th of July m&m's and packed up our goodies for fireworks later on. I had made eat live run's beef carnitas tacos in the slow cooker earlier that day so dinner was easy peasy as well.
After baths and PJs and a few shows to pass the time, it was time to head down to the Cliff Park drive to watch the fireworks from a far. It was our first year doing so, and I was impressed with how many people watch the show from up there. They even close down the road so people can post up. I was successfully able to transfer Finn from bed to car seat and back to bed again and he didn't wake up once!
We watched the show for about 15 minutes and then headed back home. Lincoln was in bed by 10:30 and lights were out for us by 11. It was a great laid back 4th of July!
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