4th of July fun

We had a fun, relaxing 4th of July! We actually broke down and bought our own fireworks this year. However, we bought a pack for about $20 and then used only half of them. That's right -- not to make any of you who live outside of Utah jealous, but we get to do fireworks twice this month! We celebrate the pioneers coming into the state on July 24th, so we get to do fireworks again then and it's all legal.

Anyway, the boys found something they liked to do this year: Use their new water guns to put out the sparklers and cool down the used fireworks. They had a blast doing that. I think the water guns were as good of a purchase as the fireworks! Look at 'em go! (BTW, they both were able to squirt out sparklers this way.)



If you look closely you can see the water squirting toward the sparkler:



My kids have also seen their cousins jump over some ground fireworks like ground blooms/flowers. Fortunately they haven't pressed me to do that, because they're not old enough to do that yet. However, I did let them jump over the smoke from a smoke bomb:



Shayla liked the first few fireworks, and then she wanted to go inside. However, we convinced her to stay outside, but she would only listen. She covered her eyes or put Becca's hands on her eyes so she wouldn't have to see the bright lights:





All I can say is that fireworks are one of many, many things that are a lot more fun to do with kids! :)