Lulu's First Fourth of July

We had a really good Fourth of July weekend. We tried to explain to Lulu that it was "America Day", and although she probably had no idea what that meant, she seemed to understand that it meant something. We did that with Father's Day as well. I did have her tutor ask her in Mandarin if she's seen fireworks before. At first she said no, then she said yes. They are big in China during the New Year celebration, and they even celebrate wedddings, completion of buildings being constructed, and I believe funerals, by lighting off fireworks. So, we think she has seen them, or at least heard them before. We decided to drive to see fireworks from a not so close distance, and we stayed in the car most of the time so it wouldn't be too loud. Lulu seemed like she enjoyed them in the beginning, but then she started to seem bored. They did go off for a long time, and it was rather late in the evening, so maybe that it why she didn't seem too interested. She was startled a few times when people nearby were lighting off small fireworks, but it didn't seem to upset her too much. We spent several hours at the beach during the day and on Monday Jonathan came over in the late afternoon for a few hours. She just loves seeing her older brother!