Happy 4th of July, Finley!

After the birthday festivities, we said goodbye to Chris, Bronwyn, Owen, and Natalie.  It was time to put the birthday girl to bed and then celebrate the 4th of July!  My mom had some sparklers in the closet from a couple years back so we took them out to the driveway to school Finley.  He was impressed!!

And soon ready to try one on his own.  Gulp.

He was a pro in no time!

He loved the sparklers, too bad they are illegal back at home!

After viewing some youtube videos with fireworks, Finley decided he did want to watch them out on the lake when it got dark.  Grammy kindly stayed home to listen for a sleeping Dagny, and Granddad drove Caitlin, Dan, Finley and I out to the middle of the lake.

 We waited for a long while and then it was time for the show!

 We knew Finley would probably be a little scared, so we brought along Owly for him to hold and that was a good plan!

 Finley did pretty well, overall, but he'll tell you that he both liked the firework and didn't like all the noise.  That's fair :) It was great to watch them out on the lake and share such a novel experience with him!