The 4th and fireworks

Maddie was ready for the 4th of July-shades, shorts, and stars. Ephraim worked until early in teh evening so we just stayed home, had a picnic in our backyard, let Maddie do pops--she couldn't throw them hard enough, so she just stepped on them, she did like the sparklers, too. She understands "hot" but not the concept of holding the flames away from you--I got pretty nervous--we only did 2 boxes. Afterthat, we waited until dark and watched several fireworks displays from our backyard. We live on a hill and could see 4 different displays througout the valley.