We had a great Independence Day!
Olivia is a very traditional person, much like me. She likes her traditions for holidays and looks forward to them. This year she really wanted to go on a picnic. So off to the Gilgal Garden in Salt Lake City, a hidden garden if you don't know where to look, to have lunch.
The girls picked at their food, but this is typical for them and something we're working on.
After lunch we explored this unique garden filled with rock carvings and statues.
This was our picnic location, under a weeping willow tree.
It was quiet and peaceful so I decided to lay down. Soon enough I had two little girls in a tickle fight.
On our way home, we passed a cemetery near the University which had several deer in it. Not being in a hurry, we stopped by to see these deer.
At home, Olivia was determined to make cupcakes. We did this last year and she greatly enjoyed it. You certainly can't celebrate America's Birthday (as Olivia calls it) without a birthday cake! (Yes, those are Halloween cupcake liners. We ran out of the Patriotic ones and had to use the Halloween.)
And naturally, you can't have cake and not eat it. I think the girls at way too many cupcakes!
In the evening we headed to my mom's house so the girls could do pop-its and sparklers. With all the wild fires, fireworks were banned where we live (on the mountain bench) so we had to head into the valley.
After the first sparkler, Lucy wasn't too sure about them. Plus, to be honest they kind of make me nervous for a 2.5 yr old to do them. Olivia did great, but Lucy I was afraid that she would burn herself. Thankfully we got through the quick event without any injuries.
The girls really wanted to see fireworks and we really didn't want to deal with the crowds at the parks. Our local baseball team had a game that night followed with fireworks so we headed to a neighborhood outside of the stadium to watch.
Yep, we pulled one of the seats out of the van to use. We had a great spot to see the fireworks and not a single crowd! It was perfect!
My lame attempt at trying to take pictures of the fireworks.
Olivia is a very traditional person, much like me. She likes her traditions for holidays and looks forward to them. This year she really wanted to go on a picnic. So off to the Gilgal Garden in Salt Lake City, a hidden garden if you don't know where to look, to have lunch.
The girls picked at their food, but this is typical for them and something we're working on.
After lunch we explored this unique garden filled with rock carvings and statues.
This was our picnic location, under a weeping willow tree.
It was quiet and peaceful so I decided to lay down. Soon enough I had two little girls in a tickle fight.
On our way home, we passed a cemetery near the University which had several deer in it. Not being in a hurry, we stopped by to see these deer.
At home, Olivia was determined to make cupcakes. We did this last year and she greatly enjoyed it. You certainly can't celebrate America's Birthday (as Olivia calls it) without a birthday cake! (Yes, those are Halloween cupcake liners. We ran out of the Patriotic ones and had to use the Halloween.)
And naturally, you can't have cake and not eat it. I think the girls at way too many cupcakes!
In the evening we headed to my mom's house so the girls could do pop-its and sparklers. With all the wild fires, fireworks were banned where we live (on the mountain bench) so we had to head into the valley.
After the first sparkler, Lucy wasn't too sure about them. Plus, to be honest they kind of make me nervous for a 2.5 yr old to do them. Olivia did great, but Lucy I was afraid that she would burn herself. Thankfully we got through the quick event without any injuries.
The girls really wanted to see fireworks and we really didn't want to deal with the crowds at the parks. Our local baseball team had a game that night followed with fireworks so we headed to a neighborhood outside of the stadium to watch.
Yep, we pulled one of the seats out of the van to use. We had a great spot to see the fireworks and not a single crowd! It was perfect!
My lame attempt at trying to take pictures of the fireworks.
I love Gilgal Gardens!
ReplyDeleteI don't blame you for worrying about sparklers. When Jonah was almost 2, we had family over for the 4th and his cousin that is only 7 weeks older than him grabbed the sparkler--where it burns--with her bare hand. She wasn't horribly burned, but it was still traumatic!