Two Precious Girls: July 2011

Monday, July 4, 2011

With the Fourth of July fast approaching, I asked my girls if they were excited for this American holiday.

Lily asked me what types of things we do to celebrate.

I told her that most Fourth celebrations include wearing a patriotic ensemble, bar-b-quing and fireworks.

Lily was thrilled with the first two, but hated the sound of the fireworks.

Literally.

So for today's Murphy celebration,

the girls put on their red, white and blue.

We bar-b-qued some burgers and added some corn and watermelon in for good measure.

Our "fireworks" consisted of poppers and sparklers.

All done before it was even dark...

Joe picked out the biggest sparklers he could find...

And as an added safety precaution, we pulled Lily's hair away from her face so as not to recreate the Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial incident...

Sharing the last one...

It's nice to know that I don't have to worry about toes and fingers being lost to fireworks.

Happy Fourth of July!

From the tops of their heads that are decorated with bows...

To the little bit of flair painted on their fingers and toes...

My patriotic girls decked out in the red, white and blue...

Want to wish a

HAPPY FOURTH of JULY

especially to you!

The grand plan for today was to take a double decker bus tour of the city and then make a stop at the Shedd Aquarium.

The heat and humidity had different plans for us though.

Things started out well.

The tour began and the girls were excited to be riding high on the streets of Chicago...

However, after too long, we were all sweaty messes...

We rode a little while longer hoping to be able to at least make it to the Aquarium...

The girls were hot and getting cranky.
But Sophia perked up when she saw this big "lizard" up close...

We lasted only 30 minutes of what was supposed to be a two hour trip around the city.

The heat and humidity proved to be too much for all of us.

I know we would have been able to seek some relief inside the aquarium, but the girls were so tired, they wouldn't have even enjoyed it.

Our time downtown was done and tomorrow it was back to reality.

As always Chicago was wonderful and beautiful and we can't wait to see you again soon.