"Happy Birthday America!!" We had a nice 4th of July yesterday. Kevin had to help Jeremiah with a wedding, so he was gone most of the day, but Jack and I hung out playing the Wii and spending time with Amanda. The weather has been so nice and cool out this past week. It has been great! We went out to eat dinner at Applebee's and then did some shopping. We went back to get ready to go to Ft. Leavenworth to watch the fireworks and was surprised when Kevin pulled in the driveway. He ended up being able to go with us to see the fireworks after not thinking he would be able to! I was very glad! We've spent every July 4th together for the past 8 years! Once we got on post and got situated in a great spot, Jack got to see some ducks and got to run around and play. He was having so much fun until the fireworks started....then he was terrified! He completely shut down from the moment the first one went boom!! He closed his eyes tightly, never opening them and just curled up on Kevin. Kevin covered Jack's ears since they were pretty loud, but he still wouldn't even take a peek.
After the fireworks were over, we could barely get him to open his eyes. He finally did and seemed to calm down once back in the car. We looked at the pictures of fireworks on my camera and that was okay! But even driving past people shooting them off in the streets scared him and he closed his eyes again!! Poor guy! When we finally got back home, our neighbors were shooting big ones off and Jack shut down again. Luckily, it was way past his bedtime and he just passed out in his crib. Maybe next year will be better for him!!
Pre-fireworks:
Playing with his glow ring with Amanda:
It was so funny b/c he was doing laps around our chairs/blanket and then he'd stop once his feet were inside the glow ring!
Right after 1st firework went off:
Hiding under his blankie:
Fireworks Jack missed seeing:
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