4th of July; no side effects and water pistols

The boys slept well last night.  They had no side effects from the Pamidronate infusions.  No fevers, no spaciness, no aches or pains.  I guess when we had the infusions a couple of years ago their bodies must have gotten used to the medication.

This was the first year in a long time that we didn't go to the Milton 4th of July parade.  I guess we were all tired out and kind of grumpy so we decided to stay home.  It's usually a fun time once the parade starts.  We usually go about and hour early to get a decent spot and the boys are always whiny and fussy and complain while they wait.  We bring books and music and they still can't stand waiting.  So it was kind of nice to avoid that part of the day. 

What a ucky, yucky, muggy day.  We made it outside as early as we could so we could try out the boys' new Nerf Super Soakers.  One of my SMA friends made some special battery interrupters that we put in to make them usable with the boys' switches.  It wasa perfect day to try them out!

I think Casey and Colin were surprised at what they could do!  They had a good time soaking each other and occasionally one of us :)

Nancy H picked almost 4 cups of raspberries while the boys squirted their guns.

Nancy, Christy and the boys went for a quick walk to the pond before it got too hot and we had to go inside. 

I had a wonderful nap--best one in a long time--in the air conditioning.  I was out like a light!

I decided to try out the pool.  It looked pretty good after I skimmed about 100 rose bugs out of it!  It was chilly but so refreshing!  Love our new pool float!  Called dad from the pool to let him know I was enjoying it.  He was happy but a little distracted since he was able to get Yankees game on TV since they were playing the Rays :)

Huge thunderstorm came in.  We got a pretty good one but nothing compared to Burlington and South Burlington.  Whew!  No power outage for us!

Julie and Bill stopped by after their huge barbeque at the fire station and brought us some of Bill's famous baked beans and coleslaw.

That's about it for the day.

Gene went outside and tried to peek at the Milton Fireworks.  I watched a bit on TV.  Pretty lame celebration for us.  I didn't even get out our 4th of July decorations.  Not that we don't appreciate all the sacrifices the service men/women and their families make for our freedom, but we didn't outwardly show it this year!