Fireworks

On Friday, Long Beach had their summer fireworks on the boardwalk.

Mommy asked Nick if he wanted to go to get ice cream and then go to the boardwalk. Nick said, "NO!" lots of times. Nick wanted to play on his computer.

At 9:00 it was almost dark, and mommy told Nick to put on shoes. Mommy said, "we are very lucky to live in Long Beach. People come from far away to visit our town and to see the fireworks. We are going to see them too."

Nick put on shoes and we walked to the boardwalk. There were so many people there! They were sitting on benches, in chairs, on the floor and on the sandy beach. Mommy and Nick walked towards Riverside Blvd., then we sat on the floor with our feet hanging off the boardwalk.

The fireworks started and everyone was clapping hands and saying "yeah!"

Sometimes Nick watched the fireworks, and sometimes he was silly and loud and kicking his feet. Luckily everyone else was loud and happy too so they did not notice Nick making noise.

When the fireworks were done we walked home together. Mommy told Nick, "thank you for coming with me. You are a Long Beach boy, and I love to share these things with you."

The Long Beach Fireworks

On Friday night, we took our walk to get ice cream but there was something different about our walk that night. Mommy told Nick Long Beach was having their fireworks on the Boardwalk and we would go and watch the show.

First we went to get ice cream, and as we left the shop we could hear the sounds of fireworks. We had to walk fast to get to the boardwalk to see the show. There were so many people on the boardwalk and the beach. It was hard to find a place to sit down but finally we found a bench and sat down and watched the fireworks.



Nick started to jump and clap hands and make loud voices so then we started walking. Luckily the fireworks were in the direction of our house, so we walked and Nick jumped and screeched his voice as we walked. Then the fireworks were all done. People were clapping hands because they loved the show and Nick clapped hands too.

Mommy told Nick there would be no more fireworks until next year. Ever since Nick was little he was scared to go see fireworks. What a big brave boy Nick has become!