We started our day by watching the hot dog eating contest at Nathan's. Due to the time difference this airs at 9am here, so we got to see it right after breakfast. Our kids discovered this phenomenon last year, and were really looking forward to it. I must say this is about the most intriguing and disgusting spectacle I have witnessed in a long time. There's just something wrong with a guy trying to force 60+ hot dogs in his mouth in 12 minutes. The kids got so wrapped up in the battle between the guy from Japan, Kobayashi and the American Joey Chestnut. Man those guys on ESPN can make anything sound important. I think the parts that bothered me the most were the vegetarian contestant who "only eats meat for competitive eating events", and the use of the term "reversal of fortune" to describe barfing. I must warn anyone who might come to our house in the near future, Fuller had Paul record this, so it is available for viewing at any time! The rest of the day consisted of a trip to the river so Buster could get a swim, and the boys played in the water too. Then out to hunt for a new pool. The boys have really out grown ours. They found a bigger one than we really wanted to pay for, so they unanimously decided to take some money out of their Wii fund to help pay for it. Paul and I got a good laugh at the words on the box which state that it can be set up in 10 minutes. The actual directions tell you to let the thing sit in the sun for 2 hours before you even start putting it together, plus about an hour and a half of assembly time, and 5 hours to get the thing full of water. By the time the pool was ready for business it was dark and chilly, so I guess it will be a July 5th treat. We talked the boys into taking a nap in the afternoon since we were going to let them stay up so late, and I think it made a big difference. We BBQ'ed hot dogs for dinner, ate ice cream sandwiches with our neighborhood friends, and then let off our fireworks, and enjoyed the big illegal ones that our neighbors had. All in all a great day.
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