Treasured Pearls: First Fourth of July

Tuesday, July 05, 2011

First Fourth of July

Yesterday the boys celebrated their first 4th of July. When we were in China for Chinese New Year, the boys had absolutely ZERO interest in the fireworks. CP, JA, and I were enthralled with them. I was fearful that the boys would have no interest in our small-town fireworks so we didn't bother to fight the crowds to see them.

BUT....

we bought some fireworks for them to light. I'll let you decide if they liked them or not...

HJ was with us, but didn't want anything to do with the fireworks other than to watch them.

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Orphan Statistics

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