Showing posts with label 4th of July. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 4th of July. Show all posts

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Small Childhood Pleasures

I just got back in from watching a few fireworks shows. (From our house we can see fireworks that various people set off.) We watched them from our deck, and front lawn. I was out there with my 2 younger sisters and brother. The fireworks were beautiful but it was so much more fun watching them with my siblings.

My youngest sister was having so much fun. Here are a few of her exclamations.

When we were up on the deck she was bouncing around and exclaimed, "If you bounce they dance with you!!" She said this many times throughout our firework "show", And kept moving her head up and down so that they would "dance" with her. It was so cute!

Downstairs in the front lawn we were looking from place to place to spot fireworks and she cried out, "There are a whole bunch of them in the lawn!" The "fireworks" that were in the garden were fireflies!

She had so much fun pointing out fireworks for us to see. It just made me think how when we are little kids we find joy in the simplest things. Fireworks are a big thing so you can imagine the excitement over that. =)

If I would have been out watching the fireworks by my self it would have been pretty boring. But with my brothers and sister and all of their energy it was a wonderful beautiful time. A memory in the making.

We should all try to be more like little children in this aspect. We all need to notice the small flicker of the fireflies and not just the big colorful explosions of the firecrackers. I have a hard time with this but I am going to work on it.


Not nearly as spectacular but it can bring the same amount of joy. It all depends on your attitude.

Firework credit. Firefly credit.

~Wild Rose


Independence Day

Happy 4th of July!

While enjoying the fireworks and BBQs don't forget what Independence Day is all about! It is about our fight for independence.

Here are the lyrics for The Star Spangled Banner. It is a beautiful song that was written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key.



Happy 4th of July!

~ Wild Rose