Fourth of July 2015

Zoe has never seen fireworks. She is typically not up late enough to see them and when it gets dark early, no one is shooting of fireworks. Also, she hates loud noises, so I was uncertain as to how this whole thing would go over. On both July 3rd and 4th Sesame Place was doing fireworks. Cheryl had to work for a large part of the holiday weekend, so Zoe and I drove up on the 3rd to see them. I recorded a little video of the experience.

Things went a lot better than I expected. When she wanted to go into the car, she almost immediately wanted to go back outside. More importantly, she said she wanted to come back the next night with mommy to see them. Before we did that, we went to Mimi and Joe Pop's to say hello and Zoe held her first sparkler.

Of course, shortly after these pictures were taken Zoe got her first burn from a sparkler. Thankfully with a little ice she was good to go back to the fireworks. She had a lot of fun with her cousin and some glow in the dark bracelets.

It was great to enjoy the fireworks. We didn't get home that evening until after midnight and Zoe was up for the entire ride. The next step in getting Zoe adjusted to loud noises is a monster truck rally. You can see all of the Fourth of July pictures on Flickr.

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