happy birthday, america

One of the cooler things about living in the suburbs is that every 4th of July, the Glenview parade goes right in front of the house. Each year, I make sure to put chairs in my driveway extra early in the morning, lest I get blocked out of seeing things. See, this is actually a pretty popular event, and people line up and down the route, grabbing whatever free lawn space they can.

This year, our friends the Beckers came over to join in the festivities, and we even set up a picnic table in the driveway for easy munchies and drink access. Hell, Kenny got to eat his lunch "al fresco" when we set up his highchair where he had a prime viewing spot for all of the action.



The real action each year, however, involves our neighbor's annual water balloon battle with the Boy Scouts. This constituted a two-wave attack this year, but Overboard questioned why he let the Brownie troop pass by without incident. "Unarmed Combatants," was the explanation. Fair enough.




Afterwards, there was much napping and consuming even more hotdogs for dinner.

God Bless nitrates and other ingredients we best no little about. But enough about the current administration. Badump-cha.


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