How did the 4th of July get here and go by so fast? I've been neglecting this blog so much so that I've decided to write some posts at the beginning (or in the middle of the month) and set them to post incrementally throughout the month... how's that for lame :0) But at least you'll have something new to look at every once in a while!
So back to the fourth of July. We had a great time and Lincoln really enjoyed it! He's a pyro, he comes by it genetically I think. My brother once set fire to a field behind our middle school. He liked fire as a boy too. We knew Lincoln liked fire after all he does spend much of his days building pretend bonn fires and burning things. I knew he'd love the fourth of July! The festivities began when some friends came over for a BBQ and a few small fireworks. Lincoln was handed a lit sparkler at one point and while some of the other kiddos hid behind the momma's Lincoln was ALL over that glowing stick of fire. He LOVED it. He was entranced by it. And when I asked him if he was having fun all he could say was "BURN IT!". Wow. A little scary :0) He enjoyed it too much!
Then we went over to another friends house to watch the big show at the Casino from across the bay. Before hand we did a few little fireworks in the street and Linc watched, ran and yelled "AHHH THEY"RE ON FIRE!" the whole time. It was hilarious! Then we broke out some poppers and Linc enjoyed stomping on them. So much so that when I accidentally dropped one by my leg I went to pick it up and he stomped my hand. HARD. He was wearing little rain boots and they took a chunk of skin off my finger. Awesome. I kept him up way past bedtime to watch the big fireworks which started at 10 and sad to say by the time they started he had buried his head into a mound of blankets and just kept asking to go home. He was so tired! We watched the show, headed home and bid farewell to the fourth of July 2010. I can't wait until Lincoln is in charge of setting up the Harris family fireworks... it should be quite the show!
2 comments:
Can't get over the jackets in July - we are close to 100 here - yuck - sounds like a great 4th. Love you all ;0)
Naomi got to light her own fireworks this year (with supervision of course, I havn't completly lost my mind yet) but we set them off in the middle of the street and she was totally stoked to be able to light her own with a lighter! I do believe pyro's run further back than you realize. Ask grandma what cool trick she taught Naomi 2 or 3 years ago. (hint:has to do with magnifiing glasses and leaves)Naomi had to teach it to the boys on the street this summer, and eventually I had to take the glasses back and tell them burning ants is one thing, burning each others hand is another. Happy burning.
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