Even though it’s a few days late, I wanted to share some pictures from our 4th of July celebration at our new house.  This is the first year we have lived somewhere that allows “safe and sane” fireworks.  I was so excited to light some small fireworks with Elijah since I have so many fond memories of holding sparklers and lighting fountains when I was a kid.  I was a little worried that Eli would be scared so I made sure not to get any fireworks that were too loud or scary.

We started the day by talking about “America’s Birthday” and telling Eli that we were going to throw a party.  I even baked a cake – a yummy carrot cake made with fresh carrots from our garden.  When it started getting dark, we lit some of the small snakes and smoke bombs.  And Eli got into it.  He especially loved the poppers and sparklers.  He kept asking for more and more fireworks.  When we were done lighting our flowers and fountains, we went out front and watched some of the many many big fireworks in the sky.

Brian and I had a little fun with the sparklers as it got dark.  Oh la la…

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