Fourth of July

I LOVE the Fourth of July! It's one of my favorite holidays. I swell with pride for this great country we live in. I make sure my flag is proudly displayed outside our home and for as long as I can I will make sure my kids and I are dressed in red, white and blue. 

 My kids take after me and are not the biggest fans of fireworks. They have a healthy fear of them and really really hate the loud noise. Uncle Jonathan helped the kids out with his gun range headphones which they had to pass around and share. 

You can't help but laugh at this picture....

Tim and his brother are like most men on the 4th. 

They turn into kids again and want to blow up all sorts of things. 

Jonathan is such a great uncle and bought the kids all sorts of fireworks. My kids love the smoke bombs, snakes and sparklers the best. 

Baby A was very hesitant about them this year but she was MUCH better than last year. She stayed inside the entire time last year. This time she even got brave and held sparklers. 

Tim had the next day off so we stayed until dark and shot some fun fireworks off. Their neighbors spent who knows how much on fireworks and we had a fantastic show to watch. 

It was such a fun day and I love seeing my kid just soak up family time. 

Here is a little comparison picture from last year. 

Rascal looks the exact same but MAN have Scooter and Baby A grown up SO MUCH!!!