4th of July

The best thing about today was going to see friends in Vernon Hills and watching the fireworks. It was a lot of fun. I felt a little guilty that IK was up so late but he didn't mind. He fell asleep in the stroller on the way to the car and slept all the way home. He woke up a little bit when we put him to bed but fell back to sleep quickly.

However, what gives people the right to be inconsiderate just because it's the 4th of July? Why do my neighbors think that it's okay to set off fireworks that are not legal in Illinois at 12:06am? Loud fireworks that shake my house, make my stuff fall off my walls and break and cause my child to stir. Luckily, IK never woke up. If he had, I would have been calling the police to complain and yelling at the parents of the children who were out there. I've done my share of illegal fireworks. I have set off the loud ones but my parents were responsible and respectful enough to make sure that we didn't set them off in the middle of the night.

I hope that I keep this night in my memory. I hope that I remember how PK and I froze everytime there was an exceptionally loud firework, just waiting to hear IK cry out in fear and frustration. My kid will not be inconsiderate to the neighbors. I'm responsible enough to teach him that, even if they aren't responsible enough to teach their kids that.