Elliot's First July Fourth

Last year's Fourth of July, we went to Shoreline Amphitheatre, which is 3 miles from our house, to listen to the SF Symphony and watch the fireworks. My due date for Elliot was a week away. After the fireworks, we were stuck in the parking lot for 45 minutes waiting to get out. We probably could have walked home faster than that. It was a good thing that I didn't go into labor then.

This year, we decided that we would bike there. Trying to figure out the logistics though was tough. We got a bike seat for Elliot to sit in but his head was too small for even the smallest bike helmet. Scarlett refused to sit in the bike seat. It wasn't until the actual July 4th day, 1.5 hrs. before we were planning to drive over to Shoreline Amphitheatre that Scarlett agreed to try the bike seat. Luckily, she loved it. So she sat in the bike seat behind me on my bike while we strapped Elliot in his carseat, inside the bike trailer attached to my husband's bike. We biked to Shoreline, enjoyed the SF Symphony, and Elliot saw his first fireworks. Not sure if he enjoyed it or was apprehensive about the loud noises that woke him up.

Scarlett singing "America the Beautiful". We didn't teach her that. She learned the whole song at preschool (along with The Pledge of Allegiance).