fireworks!

We weren't planning to go watch a big fireworks show this year since the kids would have to stay up WAY past their bedtimes and have been known to burst into tears at loud noises.  But after exposing them to a few small firework noises with no epic meltdowns we decided that we would throw caution to the wind and go see a firework show. 
They LOVED the fireworks!  We stopped at Sonic on the way up to Smithville Lake and they drank their strawberry slushes while we waited....and waited....and waited for the show to start.  I chose this particular show because it was supposed to start at 9pm but at 9:35pm we were starting to wonder if maybe we had chosen a bad location and completely missed the show!  Just as we were lifting the kids into the van a huge firework exploded over us!  YAY!   

We hurried them around the van to sit and watch.  This picture was taken during one of the first two or three big fireworks that they saw.  Notice the identical expression that Flora and Chris are rockin'!  And Scout, though not as obviously, is completely fascinated as well.  We all OOH-ed and AHH-ed through the show (Timber slept through the whole thing in his carseat -- YAY!). 

 After a while, Flora said, "I wished I could see Jesus in a firework." 
"You want to see a firework of Jesus' face?" asked Chris.
"Yes, his face and his whole body," Flora replied.

And then later she said, "I think they look like angels."  Chris asked her if she had ever seen an angel and she said, "No....well.....maybe when I was 2-years-old."  As we were leaving a family next to us lit one of the huge flaming lanterns that float up into the sky and Scout decided that it was an angel too. 

The kids went to bed at 10:45ish and fell asleep almost immediately.  Timber slept through the fireworks and went to bed easily when we got home also.  And THANKFULLY they all slept through the fireworks that continued to go off in our neighborhood until almost 1am!  Chris and I were not so fortunate.  But all things considered, it was a GREAT 4th of July!  YAY FIREWORKS!!!