Fireworks and all the fun that comes with them!

  I love July....birthdays, BBQ's, fireworks, swimming, no work, no school :)  This year has been great.  We've kept super busy and have been having lots of fun!  Last night we got together with some of our neighbors to let the kids play and light a few fireworks.  We had a great time and even finished with a nice finale of our own!

 

 Luke loves his big brother!  He wants to do everything Cole does.  Well, last night Luke saw Cole lick his fingers and put out the last of the sparks on the sparkler.  Not to be outdone, Luke decided that he would do the same thing as Cole.  He didn't realize that Cole had done it below the sparkler where it wasn't very hot and he licked his index finger and thumb and then decided to put out the flame on a very hot new burning sparkler.  That was then followed by lots of crying and screaming and running around to find the sink and cold water.  Yes, he burned himself pretty bad.  We also got to take care of Cole who was crying and worried about Luke because he felt like it was his fault since Luke was copying him :(  So sad!  We were lucky that our neighbors the Kendrick's were outside.  Jeremy is a doctor and helped us make sure everything was okay.  He said the burns are 2nd degree but so deep that they are pretty close to 3rd degree burns.  He also prescribed some medicine that will help prevent infection and numbs the pain.  We've even had some house calls and phone calls to check up on his little patient :)  He said Luke will probably have some nice scars to remind him not to mess with sparklers.  I wonder what his fingerprints will look like???  I guess this is one of those situations that Luke has definitely learned a lesson...I don't see him touching sparklers again.

 

 

 

We are so lucky to have awesome neighbors who doctor my kids, get us bandaids, help babysit, carry bikes home,cook us food, etc.  That would have been crazy if we had been alone!  Thanks much Hansen's, Kendrick's, White's, and Berrett's!