Stahlke Adoption

Fourth of July

It is still very, very necessary to prepare Kola for new events. Otherwise, he melts down, and we carry him screaming to his bed for a timeout. Luckily, the other children are learning that he's having a tantrum. The other day I heard David explain to Sarah that we weren't hurting Kola even though he was yelling up a storm.

Kola showed a lot of fear about fireworks this past weekend. I explained to him that we'd see big (in Chicago), medium (in Forest Park), and small fireworks (at our house). On Friday, July 3, we joined a million other people to view the Chicago fireworks display at the lakefront. Kola was relieved that the sparks from the fireworks landed in the lake, quite some distance from our location. After seeing the first few minutes of the show, he told Jonathan, "They're doing a good job." After the show concluded, I pointed out to him that the boats on the lake would start moving as they left the scene. It's fun to see their lights change from stationary to zig-zags.

The next day, as we prepared to watch the Forest Park display, Kola learned from his brothers that the rockets would be launched from the park near our swimming pool. "Mom, the sparks will land in the water! What about the people who are swimming there? At least the toy boats will be ok."

posted by Stahlkes @ 10:26 AM