Fireworks!

Jonathan watching the fireworks.

All the boys setting off little fireworks.

Keith holding Andrew, while his friend Drew sets off a sparkler with no fear.

Jonathan hanging out with Emily.

"It's too loud!"

Watching a huge fireworks display in our driveway.

Andrew liked the fireworks, but not the noise. So, Keith gave him some headphones to block out the sound. Andrew called them speaker phones.
And please don't mock his outfit. He was in pjs and needed shoes and really needed to go to bed!

Watching the fireworks with our neighbors.

We had dinner with friends on Saturday night and the older boys had little fireworks to set off. Andrew was freaked out and wanted nothing to do with the noise. But he started to warm up to them about the time we headed for home. He also saw lots of big fireworks in the sky as we drove home and those were super cool and quiet.

So, when we got home, we told him he could watch more fireworks after his bath. I think that may have been his fastest bath on record.

Every year, our neighbor sets up an elaborate, amazing fireworks show. They shoot them off right outside our house and we sit in our driveway and watch and hope the boys don't wake up. Last year they slept through it, and Jonathan slept through it again this year. But we decided to let Andrew stay up WAY past him bedtime and watch this year, and he LOVED it! Every day since, he asks if it's Fireworks Day. We have tried to explain that it was only for one day, but that is a very hard concept when some neighbor kids are still setting off little ones throughout the week. Hopefully next year he won't be so afraid of the noise!