Patriots Day
For folks not from Massachusetts: Patriots Day is the best holiday of the year. And for folks not from Lexington or Concord: it's alot more than just that silly marathon. We celebrated it today with pancake breakfasts (worked at by us) and a road race (run in by Leah) and a parade (watched by me) and a cookout (attended by me). Oh yeah, and also a a reenactment (very early in the AM, but we still made it in time to hover around the periphery). It was all great fun, and confirmed me in my opinion that our little local tradition is the holiday of kings. Which gives me yet another reason to oppose designating September 11th 'Patriot Day', as some have proposed. Whatever. We know who the real patriots were!
Leah did great in the race too, but she'll want to tell you all about that. And of course there's more that could be said, but you know, when you get up at 4:00 in the morning 8:30 starts lookin like a pretty reasonable time to go to bed.