Fourth of July on the Fourth

On the Fourth itself, we went over to visit friends for dinner and some fireworks. Although we had to leave a little early due to tired kids, we had a blast while we were there.

This is actually Sean's first experience with sparklers, since the city of Renton (where we lived before moving to our home this spring) does not allow ANY fireworks within the city limits.



Cami was very interested in the fireworks too:



So Mommy helped her hold a sparkler:



The large fireworks weren't starting till 9:30 and their bedtime is normally 7:30 for Cami and 8 for Sean, so we didn't have them stay up for it. They really enjoyed watching the small fireworks though, and were so tired that they slept right through all our neighbors setting off fireworks till midnight.