Fireworks Fail

I cant say I am surprised. And I suppose...I had it coming because I am pretty sure I ruined every 4th of July fireworks display for my parents at LEAST until my twelfth year (ok, maybe my sixteenth!), but even though we practiced...

...and even used earplugs, the fireworks were not well-received.

At first actually, Rainer was saying "Yes!" and "More!" But it QUICKLY devolved into "I want out of here!" and "No like fireworks!" and "Let's go THAT way!" G was pretty much NOT INTO IT from the first bang. She liked the sparklers beforehand though, and Rainer was quite please with his glowsticks (which are currently illuminating his trip to la-la-land).

I feel bad for Alex b/c I am pretty sure he wanted to see the show, but I don't feel TOO bad because the biggest fireworks display around (without going down to the harbor) is right up the street at the middle school. Our village funds them! So, it was a 10 minute walk and we ran into our neighbors while we were there and we can see most of it on our walk home and from our back yard.

We knew we'd be up late and thankfully the kids took long naps after we went to the parade this morning. Georgia has a love/hate relationship with the parade. She LOVES the marching bands, except they are just too loud. She went from cheering to crying to cheering to woo-hooing to moaning to bopping around to the beat. Poor kid. THAT'S probably where she could have used the earplugs. Next time.

I got some video, but no pics. Will see if there's anything worth watching later.

Here are some pics before the parade. Of course there are never any of the four of us together and no one can ever look at the camera at the same time, but that's life, right?

Comments

[RK]

We didn't do fireworks this year. But that's ok since every house around us had their own show. AND THEY ARE STILL GOING.. at straight up midnight right now. That's excessive, in my book. I want to sleep! Braska kept hearing them when she was trying to go to sleep... "Mommy. Fireworks too loud! All done, please."

And hey missy, you are looking gooo-ooo-oood!

[Tracy]

My Rachel does not like the fireworks either (or the marching bands). We stayed home and watched the neighbors do their firewoks, and Rachel stayed inside. When I was putting her to bed, she kept asking if the fireworks were all done.