Early Fireworks

We started off the 4th of July weekend by setting off fireworks of our own in our backyard yesterday. It was lots of fun!

Des really liked it at first. At one point, Des just loudly exclaimed "Wow!" It was sooo cute to hear him say that which such genuine awe and delight at the fireworks! But then one of the firecracker was too loud for his liking and, bless his little heart, it scared him to death...so much so that he started crying and just wanted to go inside the house. Aunt Sil was kind enough to go inside with him and poor little Des didn't even want to watch the fireworks from the window!

Stella, on the other hand, was more brave than we expected her to be. She stayed outside to watch her Dada set off all of the fireworks. She even held sparklers, which she wasn't willing to do at the beach a month ago.

Stella really enjoyed the fireworks this year and kept asking us to do more for the rest of the night even though we explained to her that we finished them all.