July 4th...Traditions

As  I   think   about   July   4th...

I think about the traditions 

that my family had

when I was growing up....

This was way before the Huge Fireworks Displays 

that are prevalent today.

I   recall  going to the fireworks stand...

I  remember wanting to go the day it was set up.

We bought neat things like 

Pop Rocks, black snakes,smoke bombs,

Sparklers and pop bottle rockets.

Roman candles and the shooting fountains

were the highlight back then.

We would also buy Rootbeer and Ice Cream

in preparation for making Rootbeer Floats 

as we watched the Fireworks.

On July 4th...

My brother and I could hardly wait for it to get dark.

We would keep pestering our parents all day long...

when will it be time to invite our neighboors over 

to drink Rootbeer Floats 

and watch all the neat Fireworks that we had purchased.

So...

As it finally got dark enough...

my brother and I would go and tell

all our elderly neighboors that it time to come over.

After each one was settled...

My Dad would proceeded to light each

Roman Candle and Fountain.

We would take the sparklers and light them and write our names.

I loved watching each sparkly Firework.

But...It was done all to soon.

Now with July 4th

only a few days away my children...namely Cowboy

has been wanting to and been to the Fireworks Stand,

and working on getting all the Fire Crackers lit and exploded.

I was the neighboorhood  children's Supervisor

for the Fireworks yesterday...

So it made me think about when I was a child...

thus this post.

What  traditions did you or do  now  for July 4th?

Love to All,

Mommy 2

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Sepia Saturday (night)

My Dad and friends in Saigon? 

I desperately wanted the little girl to be my sister!

God and Country awards, Mom and my brothers.

My tiny little Cherokee grandmother.

She loved circus peanuts, bananas, and orange slice candy.

Me as a teen with my first niece, Olivia Michelle. Can you tell I was smitten? Yes, this was an instamatic shot. I can't figure out how it scanned so crookedly. Michelle's hair was beautiful bright red!

By   Mommy1

Fun Friday

It    Looks    Like   Summer   has   Finally   Arrived:

It   is   Officially   Water   Balloon   Season....

Here   are   Photos   to   Prove  It...

This   looks   like   a   snow  sled (saucer)...

It   is...

But....

It    is   also   this...

A    Shield....from water balloons !

Look   Likes   Fun  !

Love to All,

Mommy 2

What Happens When We Forget Things...

So...

 a   couple   of    weeks   ago

I   needed   to   bake   some  cookies.....

for  a  church   potluck  and  to send

on  the church  bus   that   picks up

children   for   Sunday School.

  I  wanted   to use  a  chocolate chip recipe...

not just your usual one...

but one where one of the ingredients is:

INSTANT  pudding.

Me...being forgetful  person that I am...

forgot the pudding and chocolate chips

while out on that Saturday afternoon.

TechoGuy was home and was headed into town...

so I asked him if  could pick up these 2  items for me...

He said: Ya, sure.

I wrote down the  2 items: chocolate chips and instant vanilla pudding...

I said: make SURE the pudding is INSTANT.

Hours later....

TechoGuy  returns with my items...

I look in the bag and remove them....

Chocolate chips...Check

Pudding....looking carefully at the box...it reads:  COOK and Serve....

WHAT !!!

Running to find TechnoGuy (who is outside)...

I say...you got the wrong kind of pudding...

He says..."well Mom  its the only kind I could find"...

I am now panicking...

cause I have cookies to bake and its 9:30 on a Saturday night!

So....me being upset....

now I know most of you never do this....

but I race to my van, jump in and head to the store myself !

(I even forgot my cell phone ).

I get to the store....walk in....

past the long stemmed flowers and potted plants....

looking and stiffing as I go by...

but wait...there is one of my favorite kinds of flowers...

carnations....potted ones...the spicy smelling purple ones...

then thinking to myself....I came to get INSTANT pudding...

so off I go to get that pudding,

then returning to the plants,

I grab up the lovely smelling carnation plant...

Off the the checkout,

then home.

I walk in the house carrying my wonderful new plant.

My nine year old is standing there...

I ask him where his Dad is...

My son then says...are the flowers for Dad....I laugh a little then head off to the kitchen.

You see my dear husband had been a little grumpy earlier...

So....now present time:

I now tell my husband that I did buy the flowers for him...

BTW...

that night I was up until 11:30 baking cookies.

If anyone wants the recipe I will share that later.

Here is a picture of my lovely flowers....

still blooming and smelling very good.

Love to All,

Mommy 2

Sepia Saturday

My  Dad and  Mom

1940's

They  may  have  been  engaged

Signed,

Mommy 2