Fireworks

On the night before the 4th Parker enjoyed a neighborhood display of fireworks. We pulled out our fireworks and promised a similar show the following night when it was dark.

The following morning Parker was in our room requesting to shoot off some fireworks. He plead his case with the following arguments:

1) It's dark.

He did have a good point here. We told him that we could shoot them off when it was dark. It was 5:30 AM and it was dark.

2) "I got a good rest".

Again another good argument but by then it wasn't dark.

Despite his arguments we compromised by showing him the scene from "Sandlot" where the kids play ball under the lights of the fireworks. This seemed to satisfy him for the time being.

Finally night came and the show began. One firework would have been worth it by watching his reaction. The fireworks triggered an excitement in him that boiled out with non stop commentary. Parker would sit on the blanket by mom and grandma and huddle up close to them as the fireworks went off. On occasion he would make a run for it only to respond, "that was really fun". After the grand finale we asked Parker what he thought and his response was, "that was a good show dad".

Yes it was Parker, good show! It was worth waiting until dark.

PS - Parkers requests for fireworks at "grandmas" continued the following nights when it would get dark.