After breakfast, Steve, Amaya, and I took a little road trip to Lark Toys in Wabasha. Amaya rode the carousel several times, bought a toy Volkswagen car, and had Superman ice cream!
When we got home, we headed over to Steve's grandparents house for supper along with his parents. We hadn't been over there in quite some time, so it was nice to spend some time with them. After a delicious dinner, Steve's parents had to go home and pack for their trip to Colorado. We were planning on walking down the street to Jefferson School to watch the fireworks, so we spent the remainder of the evening with Steve's grandparents. Steve and I played a couple games of pool - no contest there - Steve beat me massively. Then we helped Grandma put together a puzzle and made quite a bit of progress.
A few minutes before the fireworks began, we walked down the street and found a great spot on the boulevard to watch the fireworks. It's a great spot to get a good view and even better, we didn't have to fight any crowds. This was Amaya's first year seeing the fireworks and she was very excited! Last year, we had just started our vacation to Michigan and we watched the fireworks from our hotel window in Green Bay, WI.
We oohed and aahed over the fireworks and I think by far, this was one of the best shows. Amaya was a little scared about the first couple of loud bangs, but quickly began oohing and aahing.
Happy 4th of July!