Made in America

We had a wonderful 4th of July on the beach in Biloxi. Our condo was attached to a casino and was lots of fun with 2 great pools. The girls loved spending time at the beach then heading to the pool for hours. Emmaline is doing really well with swimming. Georgia is still pretty unsure of herself but likes it one on one. We had water races, watermelon eating contests and stayed up really late most nights. We even played Family Feud DVD which was fun! My team won, of course!!
Ok, so back to our 4th. It's sort of our tradition while in MS to watch on the beach. It becomes likened to a war zone out there..seriously..they have NO restrictions on fireworks so people just show up with coolers and loads of sparklers, black cats, roman candles and other dangerous explosives. This year we chose a pretty safe spot by our vehicle that shielded us from the chaos. G was gripped so tight to me for the most part and wore a hooded sweatshirt to protect herself. She was scared but eventually held a sparkler and announced her favorite firework to be the orange one.
Emmaline was a little pyro! I have no idea where she gets it except that there are a few stories floating around my and Daniel's family of us loving all things that burn! She wanted to do the big ones and couldn't get enough. She had no fear and wasn't ready to leave when it was over. This was HB's 1st fireworks. He loved them! He was so cute he actually started to clap..noone else around him did this, it was like it was instinctive when he got excited! He also would squeal 'oooh' and wave his arms. It was pretty adorable and fun to see. Daniel almost blew up one firework in these people's faces..luckily they were crazier than we were and their 4 year old was lighting his own so they didn't care. Fun times! The spot we got on the beach was between the fireworks shows, so not only did we do our own and watch the other crazy families out there exploding things into the ocean but we got to see 2 cities' firework extravaganza! It was a fun and wild experience as usual! I'm just so glad I got to see fireworks and not just a light show..it just isn't the same for me.God Bless America!