Fireworks

Mike and I made the decision yesterday to take the kids to their very first fireworks show.  Ava didn't wake up from her afternoon nap until really late, close to 5 o'clock so we thought we would have decent success keeping them up late.  There is a local shopping center near our house that does a very small fireworks show, but it is perfect for a one and two year old.  Plus we only have to drive for about a minute to see the show and we don't have to fight any traffic to get home, so it really works out well with little guys.

We were worried about them being scared of the fireworks so we spent some time on you tube watching firework shows.  By the way, if you are ever in Sydney Australia for New Years, you must go to the show.  It is amazing!  But I digress (I looove that commercial!)

Anyways, we drove over to a local home improvement store and parked in their parking lot.  This way we could see the action, but be far away enough that it wouldn't be scary.

Our plan worked perfectly.  Both of the kids had a great time and weren't scared in the least.  Carter keeps asking to go see more fireworks.

Ava was super pooped by the time everything was over, but the nice thing was we left the fireworks at 10:22 and I had her in bed by 10:38. 

Mike and I were underwhelmed with the whole show.  I think I may have spelled out LAME at one point.  But it was great watching it from Carter's perspective.  To him it was amazing, the best fireworks display ever.

We may even try it again next year.