Fireworks

I grew up in the suburbs of our Nation's Capital and I've always enjoyed celebrating Independence Day. I loved going downtown and watching the fireworks display and don't think any big show can compare. Fireworks at home are a different story. While I have great memories of trips to the National Monument to watch the fireworks, I also have great memories of staying home and having our own little family fireworks display. Plus, you didn't have to fight the traffic driving into D.C. or the crowds on the metro. Growing up, my favorite ones we set off at home were the ones that you had to nail to a fence or tree and they spun around like a windmill. It's been years since I have seen one of those. Do they even make them anymore?

One day I would like to take my children to D.C. to see the best fireworks ever, but for now they'll have to settle for the small displays at home and the larger city displays that we can see from Grandma and Grandpa's house. This year we had a barbecue with our neighbors and then set off fireworks at dusk. Mason was too tired to stay up so we put him to bed. Jefferson and Jackson were very excited to watch. Jefferson never gets too tired to watch fireworks- even when he was 6 months old and the city we lived in set off fireworks at midnight for the new year. He stayed awake until the second they were over and then was instantly asleep.

Here is a cool picture of the boys in shadow watching the firework display:


Jefferson was excited the whole time, especially when the firetruck one was set off and it moved across the street (Jackson loved that one also).


It was a fun night and Jackson very much enjoyed his first real exposure to fireworks and Jefferson was very excited to know that 3 weeks later we would set off more fireworks for Pioneer Day.