BOOM!!!

We had a great 4th of July in Tucson. Peter got himself dressed in the morning and somehow grabbed his 4th of July shirt from the pile of clean laundry. What a genius kid! He was all set for the night!


We went to the house of one of John's friends, Pedro. They live right at the base of A mountain, where they set off the fireworks. We had front row seats in their front yard plus didn't have to fight the crowds. The dads manned the grill making burgers and hot dogs. Peter spent his time playing with Pedro's 3 kids. They chased each other around the yard, colored with chalk on the sidewalk, and set off sparklers and bottle rockets.


When the family started setting off their little fireworks Peter ran to daddy to hide from the loud noises.


"SCARY!!!"


It was a fun neighborhood. The neighbors stopped by to say Hi and an ice cream truck even came around while we were waiting for the fireworks. Our hosts bought a big box of popsicles and Peter got to have his first real popsicle. He thought it was "cold" and "yum-yum."


He took it outside to sit in a chair and finish his popsicle. He got about halfway through until he decided it would be more fun to try and draw with it in the dirt. Mommy had to take it away then and put it in the trash.


Fireworks were pretty cool. By the time they started Peter had calmed down and was now excited by fireworks. They would go off and he would yell "BOOM!" and every once in a while would let out a clap.


I tried taking pictures, but my camera wouldn't capture the fireworks correctly. I got some funky looking pictures of them though!


The fireworks didn't end until around 10pm, a good 2 hours past Peter's normal bedtime. He was exhausted, but happy and excited by his nighttime experience. We packed up pretty quickly and headed home to let everyone crash into bed.