> We missed the parade here in town because it began at 11:00, which is naptime for my girls. What happened to the days when the parade started nice and early in the morning? 11:00? What's up with that? It's hot, it's lunch/nap time, bad idea.
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> Also, we went to bed shortly after the girls fell asleep, at around 9:00, and missed all the fireworks. We thought about stepping outside to see them, but we were just too tired.
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> We're getting old. Or it might be that having two kids just makes you feel old.

Kids can make you feel old when you aren't. Our first one was born when I was 23 and by the time I got into my early 30's we had four. We were tired all the time. Now at 71 and 69, be don't have any better sense than to take a 7-year-old and a ten-year-old to Dollywood. Whew!
Howard