July 2nd??

Matt drew the short straw and had to work a double on the 4th of July this year. Bummer! So we decided that we would do our little 4th of July celebration on the 2nd, when Matt was home. Parker was so excited to do fireworks this year, in fact I thought he was a little too excited about fire and the fireworks! I decided to wait and buy fireworks right before we were going to do them, so they wouldn't be a temptation to Parker, he could hardly stand waiting the few hours between when I bought them and when we were going to light them. I ended up spending about $50 and got a pretty good variety of fireworks for our little family. The kids loved the snaps and sparklers. Even Paxten was able to get the snaps to pop and he did do a few sparklers with the help of me and Matt. Parker's favorite are the little bombs that snap, crackle, and pop. I love the spinning flowers and the last one that we watched that was called a fish bowl. Anyways we waited as long as Parker would let us, about 9:00 before we started lighting them. It was still light outside. The kids had a great time and loved every second of watching the fireworks. They sure don't last as long as you think they will and $50 didn't seem to go that far once we were done, but I refuse to spend any more than that!!