Kaylee and her first sparkler

Kay's First Sparkler 7/4/09


We spent 4th of July at my parent's. Ate some great food, played outside, then got to do some major fireworks. Last year Kaylee was asleep so this was her first time seeing any kind of firework. Grandpa John started simple and lit a sparkler for her. I thought she would be too afraid to get real close but she immediately wanted to hold it. You will notice the video is pretty short..that's because she came at me with it!! haha.. Then we got a bit bigger, she wasn't sure if she liked it, she wanted me to hold her the whole time and when it would really start she would clutch me as tight as possible and say "no". But then after it went out she clapped and wanted John to do another one. We bought some very large ones (that aren't very legal) and between the loud and sudden bang and then the enormous firework display above us..that was too much and she cried. So we went inside while daddy and grandpa john did the rest!