Well, except for the first one perhaps...but then, I wasn't around for that one.

We headed into the weekend with no concrete plans. My dad was going to stop by on Saturday evening to spend the night on his way to Iowa but aside from that we had a three day weekend full of not much to do. Which was fine by me, honestly. I spent Friday morning doing laundry and then hung out at MisKnits for a few hours.

When I got home, our former foster kids had called to see if they could come over. We said sure, had some dinner and then headed out the door to go pick them up. Sid wanted to bring Lucy because what dog doesn't love rides, right? Anyway, Sid usually drives the van when we go out so when he headed out the door with Lucy, I grabbed my purse, twisted the lock on the door and swung it shut behind me. As it clicked, Sid asked me if I had keys. Um, nope, I figured since he'd be driving and he was already outside with the dog that he already had his keys. So I had my knitting and that was about it. Oops.
So Sid pulled out a plastic card from his wallet and attempted to get the door open while I wandered around the house trying the back doors to see if by some odd chance we'd forgotten to lock them. At the same time I started thinking about who had a copy of our house key and realized they were all out of town. Because of course when these things happen, they have to be on a holiday weekend, right? Then I thought there might be a window that was unlocked and while I thought the act of either of us hoisting the other into our windows was not something I really wanted to attempt...we didn't get the opportunity as they were all locked as well.

Sid seemed to be making progress and needed no helpful hints or interruptions from me so I sat down on the front step with my knitting. I knit perhaps two rows on my latest project before Sid managed to get the front door open. Hurrah! Yeah, we really need to hide a spare key somewhere outside the house or with a neighbor or something.

Anyway, we picked up all four of the kids with no further mishaps. There was a trip to the Target for some essentials and then home for yet another viewing of Star Wars (Episode 3 this time). Sid mentioned that his Model A club was going to be in the Lenexa parade and that there was a cookout at the home of one of its members. By the time we decided to go, it was too late to call so we decided to call in the morning to make certain it would be okay for us to drag four kids with us.

So Saturday morning rolled around and we got to the parade about 10 minutes before it started. Of course we didn't think to bring chairs so we sat on the curb and watched it all go by. I don't remember the last time I saw a parade on the Fourth of July, but this was great fun. In addition to the long line of classic Model A Fords, there was a group of vintage Corvettes, an amazing military band, a huge group from the Renaissance Festival, the Shriners of course and so much more. I think it was about two hours long and the kids enjoyed it because there was much candy tossed to them.

After the parade we popped home to make a few things to take with us to the cookout and then headed out to Desoto. It was easy to find the house that was surrounded by 80 year old cars. We had a lovely time and the kids enjoyed the pool table, dart board and and actual pinball game from "the olden days" that our hosts had in their game room.

Then it was back home for a while. I took a nap and woke up in time to have dinner. Hurrah for Sid and the kids making dinner while I relaxed. So dinner was had, my dad got into town just before we headed out to the fireworks at Corporate Woods. Which was really packed to the brim with people, but we managed to get a decent parking spot, didn't have to walk very far before we found a good place to put the chairs and the blanket. They started a few minutes late but it was so worth it. The show was amazing. I love to watch fireworks anyway but it just seemed very special this year. I was sitting between Barbara and Sid and they kept laughing at my 'oohs' and 'ahs' but did I care? Nope, not one bit. It was a nice long fireworks show that was well worth the hassle of getting there and back. Well, the drive there was probably 15 minutes. But it took us about 45 minutes to get out of the park...talk about grid lock!

On Sunday, we took the kids to one of the neighborhood pools for a few hours so that was nice too. By the time we took them home in the evening...Sid and I were pretty exhausted but it felt great to share such a nice weekend with the kids that used to live with us. Like all siblings, they argue with each other nonstop...but we all had a good time in spite of it.