4th of July

Yo!

I guess we are going over to a friend of ours' place at the Pointe (7th St) as she is throwing a party...

I could use some rest... for the rest of the weekend!

Happy 4th :)

H~
Mom of 2 Daughters - Kelly (3 yrs) and Skylar (21 mos old)
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We are going to a friends' house for eating and swimming. My sister is having a gathering, but she lives so far away that I just don't feel like driving that far. I have to work the next day so staying close to home feels right.

If we see fireworks that is fine, but we will not be getting crazy about seeing them.

KarilouMomof2 is a discussion leader for arizonamoms.com living in Tempe. Her daughters are 9 and 6.

We are going to a cookout with friends and then enjoy the fireworks from the city of Surprise - it was quite a display last year.

We will probably go to a BBQ and pool party. Last year, we went to Glendale to see fireworks. No plans to see any this year.

Patricia is a discussion leader for arizonamoms.com. She and her husband live in Phoenix and are raising a 4-year-old son they adopted as an infant.

We are going to the Diamondbacks game and watching the fireworks from the stadium afterward. We are bringing our 7 week old to her first game. Hopefully she loves it as much as her brother does :)

Kinder-Mommy is a kindergarten teacher and a mother of 2!

We're staying home, too. We have a pool and live close enough to downtown Tempe that we usually can see the fireworks from there, so we blast the television so we can hear the music from the live coverage on the news. We don't see the ground-level fireworks but at least we stay cool!

Also, today, in the Republic's Arizona Living section, I wrote a story about fun stuff you can do at home for the Fourth, like the Diet Coke and Mentos geyser and shooting up Alka-Seltzer rockets. My son can't wait to try it. We also picked up some of those little fireworks that they sell at Fry's and Target.

I love the Fourth but I do not like the crowds.

Karina Bland is raising her 9-year-old son in Tempe with a lot of love, humor and support from her friends and family. A longtime journalist covering child welfare and education issues for The Arizona Republic, she blogs about raising good kids.

Not too sure either. My FIL is in town and staying at a resort, so we may go over there to swim. And then they go to see the fireworks that evening, we will probably go home as they may scare our 9-month old daughter.

There is no way to be a perfect mother, but a million ways to be a good one!

We are staying home. We BBQ and hang out in our pool. In the evening we just have to step outside and we get to see 3 different firework displays. So we take advantage of that.

just~me