Wednesday, July 18, 2007

4th of July

On the fourth of July, we went down to Harrisburg with Trent's family, where his Grandma Evelyn lives. The small town gets very festive, with the parade being the pinnacle of the holiday excitement. To add some extra "summer" fun, it was running in the high 90's.

Aunt Michelle took Carson to see the helicopter, and when it took off, he watched in awe and then asked for "more."
Peekaboo!
Taking a break in the shade.
And THEN....the parade started.
Interpreting Carson's thoughts. "What is this strange place you guys have taken me? Why were those crazy people with rainbow wigs and red noses just honking horns and laughing in my face? Why does everyone throw handfuls of things at me, and why are all these other children fighting over it?"
"Aaaa! And why are those big red trucks making such scary noises!! Take me home!!!""OK, this is helping.""Yeah, I can get on board with this."

20 minutes later, taking a break in the shade with Daddy and Grandpa Phil...still working on the orange sucker.

45 minutes later--I kid you not--still nursing the orange sucker. When we look at these pictures, Carson still mimes eating that thing. It was obviously a high point in his young life.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

That sucker really made me laugh. Our oldest, Theo, would do the same thing until #2, Alexa, came along and there was competition for such things. I love the look of pure joy they get over the simplest things!

Steph said...

Looks like a fun day! GREAT pictures and fun captions. :) I especially like the one of you, Trent and C.

Carrie said...

I'm jealous! I LOVE 4th of July in Harrisburg! Did you stay long enough to see fireworks? Looks like you guys had a fun time.