After Sam's long nap, we headed downtown to get dinner and go to Asheville's 4th of July celebration. As is typical for us, our choice of restaurants was guided not by the food we wanted to eat, but by the beer we wanted to drink. I had researched Asheville's microbreweries (quite a selection for the South) and found one that looked like it had decent food, was kid-friendly, and most importantly, had an interesting beer selection. Jack of the Wood (the restaurant was called) featured a local brewery called Green Man Ales which makes all kinds of organic beers. The food was pretty freaking good and the beer was even better. We left dinner quite pleased with our selection. Sam wanted to know what the hold up was - she was ready to get to dancing.
And, after dinner, dancing we did. On Saturdays during the summer, Asheville has a concert called "Shindig on the Green" which features a lot of local bluegrass artists. Since the 4th of July fell on a Saturday this year, the city combined their celebration with Shindig on the Green. As I'm sure you're aware by now, we love bluegrass music so we were psyched to hit the Shindig. As expected, it was packed but we eeked out some grass for ourselves and Sam got to dancing and crawling around.
Sam also discovered that she can play with dad's ears when he puts her on his shoulders. This was a lot of fun.
Think she loves her daddy? Just maybe.
For the last song of the night, the band played a bluegrass waltz and Kirk and Sam had their first father/daughter dance. I know it's tough to see in the video but I had to record it:
When the music ended, the fireworks started. Sam was mesmerized for a few minutes - then she lost interest. Attention span of a gnat I tell you. It was about 9:30 which is when she typically turns into a pumpkin so we headed for the car and went home. A successful 4th of July was had by all.
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