The "Double Celebration" Story

It was an ordinary day. Just left our daughter's house in Maryland after returning our granddaughters who had spent the last few days with us in Pennsylvania. My daughter and her family have a big day planned today with a neighborhood picnic and a competition between the neighborhood children as to who can decorate their bike to look the most patriotic on this day, July 4th. Courtney and Camille, our granddaughters, had accumulated ribbon, tape, scissors, and all the necessary sparkles and bangles to make their bikes look great. As soon as we left they were going to begin the decorating, so we hustled to the car and took off to make it easier on them. Court is 10 years old and going into 5th grade next year while Mille is 8 years old and entering 3rd grade. They have tons of friends so we expected they would have a fantastic 4th of July celebration. There's the bike decorating, but also the celebration of their mom's birthday, Brynn, who was born on the 4th of July a few years ago. She always wondered when she was young why everyone would celebrate her birthday with sparklers and fireworks. Still has a good time on her birthday with the many celebrations that take place. Well, the other day, Brynn emailed me photos of both of the bikes so we could see what a nice job the girls did with their bikes. Camille used the traditional red, white and blue colors while Courtney added a few more colors to her decorations. Didn't really matter who did the best, because they both had a great time on celebrating our nation's and their mom's birthday. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy. PS - bike at the top belongs to Courtney while Camille's bike is at the bottom in the foreground.