Happy 4th of July!We had a picnic dinner in the park today (along with thousands of other people!) and watched the fireworks at dusk.
Freyja's first experience with fireworks was iffy. Since all children react to things differently, I really wasn't sure what to expect. The show didn't start until around 9:30pm, and she was starting to give off the "I need to go to bed" vibe just 10 minutes before that. Initially, once the everything began, she seemed scared by the sounds and jumped back in my arms, but I was holding her close and reassuring her....and then she eventually became curious and amazed with those big blue eyes as wide as can be...and then things moved to whimpering and a few tears...more tired noises...and then she fell asleep! I can't believe she actually snoozed through the second half of a fireworks show. Crazy.
I think she'll do better next year.
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Alex was eight months old when Szilvi and I took him to a friend's wedding at a castle out in the countryside. It was real cool, and since the dinner was at tables set up in the garden, we could mostly keep him occupied on a blanket on the lawn next to the table. After nightfall the fireworks started. At first there was a look of stunned surprise on his face, and then once he caught his breath there were shreaks of terror. Alex and I spent the time of the fireworks display safely inside the castle.
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