4th Of July 2007

iGoogle: "Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.
- John Wilmot"

A great 4th. Not much time to chat about it... Chub got a little burn, but otherwise it was fun. I had to buy fireworks, despite my general loathing of that tradition. I actually kinda enjoyed blowing things up. You're literally burning money though, and for some reason I have negative emotions with my dad on this day. I think he ALWAYS got time off, and ALWAYS drank, and then add explosives, and you tarnish my mind. But I had to put all that down for my kids, who want and enjoy fireworks. I am not my dad. I want to do this right.

Gave away a few kittens. What I now realize is this is going to be my kids first experience with loss. It will be a powerful character building event, as hard as it is to watch, and even initiate. We cannot possibly keep 7 cats! My wife caved in and decided to keep one. My lawyer like daughter made the salient point that Midnight adopted us, with Smokey we adopt him.