The Fourth of July

We just celebrated the Fourth of July by watching the fireworks. This was the first time Eli had ever seen or HEARD the fireworks before. As we sat there in the dark at the park, the lights went out at the Sun Bowl and all of the sudden BOOM and BANG...the bright, flashing, colorful, sizzling fireworks lit up the clear desert sky. Along with the sights came the sounds which didn't fare too well with Eli. So, before he went into a full out scream, we gave him a bottle and I cuffed my hands over his ears to muffle the sounds. It was a lot of fun to be able to see the fireworks. As I was sitting there, I was wondering if people understood the significance of the traditional fireworks show? When Francis Scott Key was composing the poem which would later be our National Anthem, he was witnessing explosions and bright lights that came from the explosions. These sights that he was seeing, we reenact through a fireworks show.

Thank goodness we don't have to witness bombs exploding in our country...