This one time fireworks were banned and I remember everyone was all “BOOOOO!!! You’re ruining all our fun GOVERNMENT!”
Sure there may be times when a spinning firework might land directly in your lap, but that’s part of the excitement. And we all knew that family with the 10 kids who engaged in Roman Candle battles and pointed the blasted sticks of dynamite at one another as they ran through their backyard, but those were rare.
This past weekend we had our typical 4th of July barbecue filled with kids, music, and hot dogs. I helped my girls with sparklers and as their uncles set off fireworks they all chanted for more.
At one point my son was begging for the biggest firework to go next. My brother in law wanted to save that one for last because it was going to be the most exciting to watch, “Kainoa,” he said, “We have to wait until it gets dark for this one…fireworks are like women, the darker it gets…the better they look.”
Wise words from such a handsome guy. Take a look at this picture I took of him…it’s the best he’s ever looked:
So we saved the biggest box for last in order to end the Finale with a bang! It shot once into the sky bambamabamabaam the colors shot everywhere.
That was pretty.
And then it tipped over and shot the bushes behind it. bambamabamabaam. And we were all, ‘Whoops!’
And then it spun around and shot all the kids and parents watching. bambamabamabaam. And we were all, “OH MY LAWD THE CHILDREN!!! PROTECT THE CHILDREN!!!”
Even though our fireworks were legal…I’m wondering if the government was onto something with that ban after all. In the future I think we’ll go ahead and stick to the professional shows, but for now I’m just glad we could end the night with a bang as promised.
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And that will be the fireworks that they remember forever.
And that will be the fireworks that they remember forever.
I am laughing so hard there are tears in my eyes… This is totally my family, so it’s funny cause it’s true. LOVE the brother pic!
The same thing happened when we set off fireworks!! We were all trying to use the cars as protection as they shot at us!
When I was a kid my uncle set off fireworks in his backyard and all of the cousins were sitting on the trampoline. One of them tipped over and shot directly UNDER the trampoline. Still makes me laugh until I cry when I think about watching my uncle scream like a girl. We always go see the professional shows, because I dont trust my husband with explosives.
I grew up with a pediatric nurse for a mother, who (very smartly) banned that sort of behavior. She had seen too many kids disfigured for life because of fireworks, and even sparklers. I had family members who would shoot off (illegal) fireworks but thanks to all those stories I heard, I always stayed far far away.
I’m guessing that’s the one you call “Smart Ass.”
I’m glad everyone made it out of the bombing alive.
Love the pics. We didn’t have fireworks this year. Half our town had no power from a tornado/microburst that came through two days before. Enjoyed the laugh with your post!
This was my first year in which I saw someone (as opposed to the city) do fireworks and I was quite impressed. They were just as great as the “real ones” though I didn’t ask about their legality.
Also, I love sparklers. I want to light some, for fun on like a Wednesday.
I HATE, HATE, HATE fireworks. I always disliked them but after The Hubby’s horrible accident and a stay in the burn unit ICU on a vent for three days, that was the last straw. Scary stuff.
Ah, just one more reason I love you…you have the guts to use illegal fireworks. My feeling is if we are allowed to have gas grills, fireworks should be legal.
Fireworks are illegal in Maryland but I live in DC so everyone wants to come here. Um, we don’t do much outside of sparklers. But. We have family members who buy in Pennsylvania and bring them into DC (yes, even the directionally challenged realize that one has to drive THROUGH Maryland and yes, there has been the instance where an idiot was pulled over with the booty in the back. I am scared of the bigger ones, so we tend to just go not quite downtown, but close enough to see the ones on the mall. This was the first year that Z was able to participate. I could have done without him going to bed yelling “the fire! I see that fire!”. I could have done without neighbors shooting fireworks still at 2 a.m. waking him up to ask, “Mommy, you see that fire?”