- July 7, 2009
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- Delusions of Grandeur, Family & Friends, Lucy, Olivia, Sparkle, Goodness, Awesome
It Smells Like Jenny on the Spot
That’s what my 7 year old daughter said after watching a fireworks show on the 3rd of July. Yes, the 3rd. My community and another local small community around here do a “3rd of July” fireworks show. Though my own community puts on quite a 3rd of July display, this year we headed to the other local community to eat burgers with mah fren Lisa, and get our gin and tonic on.
Mostly, I decided it’d be best to celebrate at her house so she could do the dishes.
*shhhhh*
After dinner, our 2 families walked down the hill to get a spot by the dock, but we never made it to the dock. We have friends who live at water’s edge, and up… and they were not home. And we were all, “They wouldn’t mind if…” So, after several failed attempts at receiving permission via text and whathaveyou, we set up in their yard. The view was horrible:
Poor we.
The show was delightful. Lucy sat on my lap most of the time and squealed, “Purple! Purple!! Purple!!!” No, not all the fireworks were purple, but she’s four and… Eventually Olivia piled on my lap too and I sat watching fireworks with my girls and sniffed the dirt smell in their hair. I remember praying, “God, please let me always remember this moment.” Then I think Lucy elbowed me in the rib.
After the display, we picked up our mess (No evidence! Well, except for the few pics I posted on my friend’s Facebook wall showing her we were there… I digress…). And we began making our way to the gate when my 7 year old said something about the smell. Someone said it was the fireworks. To that Olivia replied,
{giggle, giggle} It smells like Jenny on the Spot!
*wipes tear* She knows me. Glitter by magnetic shards or all lit up in a fiery display. She knows who I am to my core. I mean, were I to explode… there would be no blood. Just red glitter. True story. Oh, and I suppose I would smell like sulphur. Oh well. No one is perfect.
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It sounds like one of those perfect nights.
This? This is divine. That we should all be bursting with red glitter…though, I’m kind of hoping mine’s purple.
Oh, that’s hilarious. What a cutie. I wonder what would make someone ever say, “That smells like I Do Things.” Maybe bacon. And a bunch of nude people.
You crack me up Miss Jenny! And it looks like Olivia has inherited your razor sharp wit!
So that’s what that smell is!
A girl after your own heart, yes?!
I can smell it over here, you know. The glitter, she’s a twinkling from afar…..
I’ve moved to http://jennysayswhat.blogspot.com/
That sounds like a lovely time. I also like parties at not-my-house, because cleaning up after parties is not my thing. I’ll happily make food to share, but the rest of it I can do without.