Drew's good friend, and BB's godfather, Arthur came to visit us this 4th of July weekend.
We took him to see the city's fireworks display at Legacy Park on Friday evening.
Then on Saturday Drew took A on a sightseeing tour of downtown KC, while the girls and I spent the day at a friend's birthday pool party, they had so much fun! In the evening we had a nice, quiet pizza and movie night.
After church on Sunday, everyone had a nap, and then we had a backyard BBQ and set off fireworks in the drive. A and Drew were like a couple of little boys.
Us adults had a good laugh in reading the city's fireworks code (on the back of our permit), which states, among other things, that "...it shall be unlawful for any person to possess, store, handle, or use... items..., which contain wording on the caution label that is substantially similar to the following: 'warning shoots flaming balls' or 'warning shoots flaming balls and reports'..." At least half our arsenal, bought right here within city limits, contained such wording.
The girls' favorites were the pull poppers and the snaps (that you throw on the ground), probably because they were the most predictable.
It's always interesting – and startling – to see what the various fireworks do. This year's least liked was a pyramid shaped one that spun and "screamed" and then shot into the air. (BB cried.) A similar but better liked one was the Ladybug, which spun but didn't shriek, shot up into the air, did another little thing and then shot up higher into the sky. There was one with a propeller on it that rocketed towards one of the neighbor's houses and exploded in their bush. Good thing they weren't home, nor was anyone else it seems, to see us hunting around in their yard looking for the pieces. There were a couple of rather "quiet" ones, which we liked very much, that simply shot colored sparks about a foot into the air. Hands down the best one was the Fireworks Fiesta, which shot a volley of three different kinds of fireworks about 10-20 feet in the air, no ear splitting shrieks, no surprises.
Before A's departure on Monday, we took him to the original
Fiorella's in Martin City for lunch: good stuff. Might I recommend the burnt ends stew.
And for dessert, we tried
Peachwave for the first time for some frozen yogurt. Note: the strawberry boba topping isn't really boba, they're more like strawberry flavored salmon roe. Strange, I know, I thought so too.
We hope to see Arthur again real soon!
