4th of July

We had a GREAT 4th of July!   My mom was in town for the weekend and as always Max had a great time with her here.  We played with some of our purchased fireworks the night before, sparklers and smoke bombs, to see if Max was going to be in to these things this year.  He like the sparklers until they started crackling and of course the smoke bombs were a big hit. 

In Maumelle shooting fireworks is actually legal for 12 hours on the fourth so Charles had fun popping his M-whatevers in the front yard.  He has already warned me that next year he will probably go crazy with the fireworks.  Anyway, he's popping his fireworks in the front yard and as you can tell Max is not too thrilled with the loud sound these fireworks make.  To make it up to him Charles set some more smoke bombs off and he had a blast running and screaming through the smoke.

We had a little bit more fun with the fireworks in the backyard before we went inside to rest and get ready for the big fireworks show.

Before we left to watch the fireworks we tried to see if Max wanted to try holding another sparkler, and he decided to just watch Dad and Mimi play with the sparklers.  Then we got on the road and headed to our local grocery store, Kroger.  We were parked right in front of where the fireworks were set up at the lake...perfect seats!  Maumelle had an amazing firework show!  We all had a great time watching the fireworks and then headed home to set the rest of ours off while it was still legal.

I'm sure next year little man will be a lot more adventurous when it comes to fireworks.  Can't wait!