The long weekend

We had a fantastic, busy, fun Victoria Day long weekend.  On Sunday night we went to fireworks at a friends house which we have gone to for a few years now.  They put on the most amazing show and this year there was probably over a hundred people in their back yard.  This was the first year that we took Sophie and we were a little nervous about how she was going to handle it. 

As we expected she jumped at the sound of every single one, but she didn't cry.  Unfortunately she didn't get used to the explosions and she was surprised by every bang through the evening.  It did seem like she could see them in the sky though so I hope she enjoyed the display at least.

Luckily a couple of Sophie's closest friends from school were there and they held her hand through the entire night.  They didn't leave her side for more than a few seconds at a time and I think that they really helped Sophie deal with the noise as they talked to her and told her about each firework that went off.   They concluded that Sophie liked the colourful ones that didn't make any noise, I think they were absolutely right.
 

It made my heart happy to see Sophie with her friends at a neighbourhood gathering like this.  It made me thankful once again for having her at our home school and I was reminded that all the difficult times we have dealt with in her first school year were worth it for times just like these.

I basically didn't see Lucas all night.  He was with his friends having a wonderful time enjoying the show and running around hyped up on pop and candy.  His perfect night. :)

 

It was a really great start to the summer, lots more adventures await.