i'm not scared

"i'm not scared" was the mantra on the evening. last year eil was scared of the fireworks, this year he loved them and must have said "i'm not scared" at least 25 times. he was so cute. we went with my parents and aunt twylla, and were later joined by some friends of ours ryan and christy and jenny and josh. the fireworks were beautiful - it was a very nice evening.
daddy and eli on the swings

he insisted on wearing the headphones as soon as we went over to where we watched the fireworks last year (about an hour and a half before the show).

he got a little brave with the sparklers...he actually held them. we did fireworks and sparklers with his cousins a few days ago and he wouldn't hold one...so this was a big step.