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4th of July 2018

Since the July 4th holiday fell on a Wednesday this year, we didn't make plans to go anywhere or do anything. Luckily, another family in the neighborhood was going to the local fireworks show, so we decided to tag along with them for the evening. The light wasn't good for pictures, but the fireworks were pretty amazing!



We found out later that Zoe's cousins would be down at the beach house for the holiday weekend. Packing into the car, we got down there at a reasonable hour on Friday, with just enough time for the kids to enjoy a quick ride down the promenade.



After that all of the kids, big and small, wanted to play some games in the arcade. Skee ball was a favored activity where lots of tickets were won, but somehow Uncle Joe managed to pull in the biggest haul on another machine.



The next day there was lots to do, mainly at the beach. All of the kids really enjoyed running around and played well with one another. They were really good at bocce, Henry and Zoe did a recreation of The Birds where they attacked a bunch of seagulls, and then Harlie and Zoe had some sort of sand and seawater based tea party.



After all of those shenanigans it was time for lunch, so we made our way up to the pizza place. While we were there, Harlie and Zoe practiced their clapping skills with a little Miss Mary Mack and then, to everyone's surprise, Uncle Joe joined in!



Once we were back on the beach, the kids continued to play. At one point Zoe was ready for her mud bath, so she started to cover herself in wet sand. When it became apparent that she wasn't going to be able to complete this process on her own, she enlisted my help. I finished covering her up and she enjoyed the rays for a bit.



After we cleaned up at the beach, we decided to head down to one of the docks to take the kids crabbing for a little bit. No one realized that this would be such a hit and we wound up staying there for well over an hour. Everyone got into the game and the kids even walked around like the little crabs they are.



When that was done we were all hungry, so we grabbed some dinner and then hit the road. It was an awesome holiday weekend and I am so glad that we decided to drive down to hang with everyone. There are even more pictures on Flickr, if you'd like to see more of this nonsense.

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