A funny fireworks story

I am so excited that the fourth of July is coming up!!  Every year we go and watch the fireworks downtown Austin.  It is my favorite thing to do!  The symphony plays for about an hour before the fireworks start and continues during the show.  It is fantastic!!!!!  On top of that they shoot the fireworks off with the city in the background.  I love it.  I kinda get psycho on it a little.  My kids know this and prepare ahead of time.  “We can’t be late for the symphony or mom will freak out!!”  Last year, I don’t know what we were thinking, but Autumn got this bee in her bonnet that we should bring Jedd.  Jedd is our dog, in case you didn’t know.  Like I said, I don’t know what I was thinking.  I think I was only thinking about not being late for the symphony, so I just said yes without realizing it.  This  happens to moms who have too much going on in their brains when their kid won’t stop asking the same question over 400 times two inches from their face.

So the story goes, we all got in my truck and drove downtown.  We  literally parked 2 miles away from Auditorium Shores and walked to find “our spot.”   Me, Josiah, Anna, Noah, Autumn, Isaac, and Jedd.  We got all set up on our blanket(s). Snacks, cameras, snow-cones.  We were prepared.   I was having such a nice time.  Just being able to sit and listen and not worry about anything.  Relaxation.  Ahhhhhh……Time to think about how the year had flown by, about the memories of the passing year, and wondering how it had come and gone so quickly.   The fireworks began.  It was so beautiful and so fun.  How great it was…..until…  it happened. This voice from behind me… “Um mam.  Mam.  Mam!!!!   the lady behind me yelled.  I turned around and stared in horror as Jedd was literally on top of this lady, this complete stranger, his entire body in her chair on her lap, shaking uncontrollably.    I was so embarrassed!  Omgosh I said I am so sorry!  It took Me Autumn and Noah using all our strength and energy to hold Jedd down during the rest of the  fireworks display. I am not kidding.  It was hard.  He was like a crazy animal!  It was not my idea of a good time.  I wasn’t relaxed.  I wasn’t having fun.  And I didn’t get to count all the fun memories of the past year and think about how it had gone by so quickly.  So this year, as the fourth of July approaches, as we get ready to face the fireworks again, the symphony, the crowd, as we pack our blankets and snacks, as we remember to bring water,  let us remember to forget one thing.  The dog.

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