California Adventures Day 6--4th of July!

Today after picking up the kids, we trekked over to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and museum, where Reagan's Air Force One is housed. Marty and Kayoko went as well. Our kids had such a good time with their Rhees cousins. They watched Back to the Future 2 and ate pizza. Julia fell in love with Buck (our doggy cousin). In the morning, Kayoko took good care of our kids and even packed snacks for them to take to the library! What a fantastic auntie! The library and museum had a lot of interesting things, but the most exciting thing for the kids was the airplane inside. Since it was our country's birthday, there were lots of fun activities for the kids, as well as live music. They got their faces painted and played hard. Pom leaving the museum, we drove towards Malibu to see where Charlie Harper lives (if you don't watch Two and a Half Men, you wouldn't understand). On the edge of Malibu, we found a parking spot with beach access, so we played in the sand some more before going back to Marty's house for dinner. Somewhere along the eay, James proclaims from the bakc, that he wants to "experiment with different liquids." When we arrived at Marty's, James emerged with a water bottle half full of s ome yellow liquid. Obviously, we knew right away that James had peed into his empty water bottle. Ugh!!! After disposing of our hazardous waste, James got to go for a ride in Marty's sporty BMW Z4, with the top down! What a thrill that was! Matt brilliantly decided to send his brother a package from Omaha Steaks, so we had the best hot dogs and hamburgers. After dinner, we played outside before watching the fireworks show. We had extra glow sticks we got at the Mailow concert the previous evening, do the kids had great fun playing with those. Marty's house is in close proximity to the Rose Bowl, where Pasadena's fireworks display is held. Across the street form their house is the primo spot for fireworks watching, so we pulled up a blanket and watched the spectacular display from the city of Pasadena.