We Are Smiley: A Sparkley 4th of July!

Saturday, July 7, 2012

A Sparkley 4th of July!

We had a small (and hot) 4th of July celebration.

The hardest part was waiting for it to get dark enough. But when it finally did, we sparkled sparklers until we could sparkle no more.

Then we watched a dramatic and fiery miniature tank battle. Very loud and smokey!

Happy Birthday USA!

(is it fall yet?)

1 comment:

Mary said...: We love sparklers! Great pics!; July 14, 2012 at 10:27 AM

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Funny Things That Soren Says

"At Christmas, I have a Christmas Tree heart"
"Gilaffe" or maybe "Gilaugh"- his favorite animal
Grandma- "I remember the day you were born. We were so excited to meet you and hear the name mom and dad had picked out for you." Soren- "What name did they pick?" Grandma- "Soren Edward Smiley" Soren-"That's still my name!"
"What do you call a cow with no legs?" What? "It's a joke!" Hysterical laughter from Soren
Soren- "Mom, What's your last name?" Mom- "It's the same as your last name. What's your last name?" Soren- "Ummm… Bird?" (A reasonable guess since we do call him SorenBird all the time)
Dad- "What are you going to be when you grow up?" Soren- "Tall, like you"
"It's a small world half a day" - lyrics to the Small World song
"My iPhones" - the earphones for the car DVD player
"My iPad" - a pirate costume eye patch
"Happy Trees" - Christmas Trees
"too licious" - delicious
"Trick or Chicken" - Trick or Treating
"Harry Potter to you" - the Happy Birthday song
"happy cakes" - cupcakes (happy cakes is a much more fitting name if you ask me)
"kissies" - cookies (Love to hear him say, "Mommy! More kissies please!")
"Kickey Nouse"- Mickey Mouse
"boxies" - presents
"Harry Mama" - the statue of the Virgin Mary at church
"Harry Papa" - Grandpa
"Harry Bobby" - what he calls Harry Potter and every other little action figure in our house

Funny Things That Will Says

"Dad said yes, but he was saying yes in no language"
"Wanna know my favorite Christmas Carol? It's 'Hark! Herold the Angel Sings'"
"I thought I just saw the Leaning Tower of Egypt, but it was just a church. Besides, we're not in Egypt."
"Monkeying around the Christmas tree" - I guess he doesn't know much about rockin' yet
"When I grow up I want to be a fancy waiter because if someone bumps into me a fancy waiter can catch a plate on their foot."
Mom- "Tell me all about your first day of school!" Will- "Can't I just tell you about my second day of school tomorrow?"
"I have a good sense of pretzels"
Will- "Dad, why did Santa name one of his reindeer Stupid?" Dad- "Not Stupid, buddy, Cupid"
"This picture of me was taken with an old fashioned camera" - holding up a Poloroid
Mom- "What do you think of being a lion tamer for Halloween?" Will- "Can I have real lions?"
"I think that dog is our dog's facebook friend"- on a walk at the park
"Is that how Claude Monet does it?" - after asking me to take a look at his bathtub crayon drawing
"Soren's admiring me" - in a whiney voice from the back seat at about hour 3 into the car trip to Grandma's house
"I like the way ducks say 'Quack Quack'. It quacks me up" - His first pun
"chomp sticks" - for eating Chinese food
Mom: "What do you have planned for today?" Will: "I think I'll make some music with this washboard"
"My favorite part of having a new baby is the feet"
"Accigently" - It was an accident... but he did it gently
"Can we plant this seed and grow hamburgers?" - A sesame seed he picked off his hamburger bun
"I'm going to teach the cat to sing 'Twinkle Twinkle'"
"I came in to tell you all the good news!" - How he announces that he has used the potty
"Apples are my favorite candy" - Atta boy
"Is burping rude and funny at the same time?" - Well, to be perfectly honest...
"Is this where babies come from?" - When we pulled into the Babies R Us parking lot. Is it time to have that talk already?
"Help me down. I'm going to break my teeth" - I guess he is listening when I tell him not to climb on things or he'll fall and break his teeth
"When I'm a doctor, I can go to work with you" - Yes you can, babe.
"Is the TV not working?" - When a recent power outage lasted several days, it took my son 48 solid hours before he realized the TV couldn't be turned on. What a proud parent moment!
"I am much faster with no pants" - Discovered as he was running in circles around the pool table
"That little boy has wheels on his shoes. That's silly" - When we saw a child wearing Wheelies. That's my boy.
"Achoo" - when he jumps into the swimming pool
"Mom, hang me on the line to dry" - The other night in the bath (we don't have a clothesline)
"The busy busy spider climbed up the water spout"
"Bee is excited (or happy or scared)" - Will calls himself 'Bee' which is short for 'Beast' and is what we lovingly called him when he was an infant
"Hair denture" - air conditioner
"Turkeypine" - porcupine
"Waterpus" - octopus
"Ickey Douse" - Mickey Mouse
"Taco-Doodle-Doo" - what a rooster says