Fireworks | pad patter 7.3.17

There is a country club not far from our home. They do a little 15-20 minute show each year and we can see the fireworks from our parking lot here at our condo. So we just walk outside when it's time and enjoy it. They do a pretty decent little show, too. And the grand finale is always so wonderful.

 

Well DH is a big kid. My kids aren't that excited about fireworks, but something about boys/men and fire. ROFL
So of course he bought some, that he'll probably end up lighting most of the night while we sit inside. LOL

 

Well NC is one of those safety first, boring states. So non-professional ones must not leave the ground, spin, etc. And getting some from another state and bringing back is illegal too.

We don't usually go anywhere to watch them on the 4th. However, we do see them at the NC State Fair in October. The Durham Bulls Baseball games often set them off during the summer; we usually make it to one game.

 

Malta is fireworks country. They are nuts about it,and must have more fireworks manufacturers pr capita,than anywhere else in the world. They win competitions all over, and I have to a admit they are really good.
However....all summer long starting about May, though there are a few before that ,and until September Every single weekend ,some town or village has a feast,and that includes big bangs from Monday to Sunday 3times a day. mini ones on Friday, big displays on Saturdays lasting anything from 20 min To 2 hours...yep 2hours...
Malta is tiny ,population under 500,000 so even if it is not "your" village feast. You can see ,and hear everyone else's for a good part of the summer.
Drives my dog nuts...and me sometimes...
You would think by now I can take fantastic photos of fireworks,- I can't. Lol. Must practice this summer.....not.....Lol

 

We had planned to go to the celebration in town that lasts all day, up until the fireworks after the last concert. But, it is raining and supposed to rain most of the day, so I'm not sure what we'll do. We'll probably just hang around here until almost time for the fireworks to start. I'm sad because they always have skydivers with American flags, but they will probably have to cancel this year. We usually go walk around for a bit, go home and grab a nap, and then head back for the fireworks. Finding a place to park is usually the hard part and the traffic home is what I really don't like. But I do enjoy the fireworks themselves..
In years past, we go watch the big ones and then come back here and do a few little ones of our own. I didn't buy any this year because they've been going off all around us for the last few days and my poor dog is a nervous wreck. He has hardly left my side.

 

When we go to my parents' house in Missouri, it is anything goes as far as setting off your own fireworks. My son LOVES to set off fireworks.

But we're usually in Michigan for the 4th now. The resort where our house is has fireworks on the third, so we walked over there and watched them last night. Super easy with a quick commute home! (However, we did get home to discover that our son had locked the lockbox key inside the house, so we had to do a little breaking and entering.)

 

We sometimes do a few small things for the kids here at the house (sparklers, bottle rockets, roman candles...) but we are to cheap to spend money on many fireworks so we usually go to the free shows if we want to see good ones. Not sure what we will end up doing today.

 

Well...there are a LOT of people around here breaking the law then! The last 3 nights have been insane. I think the mountains cause the fireworks to echo too. We are almost always in Florida on July 4th weekend...this is the first year in a long time that we've been home, guess I forgot how bad it was. When we go to Florida our family puts on their own show. When we are home we just go to the local show. It's pretty decent. I'm excited to go to the fireworks show tonight because 2 of my kids have never seen them before! I know my 4 year old boy is going to LOVE it!

 

Fireworks are banned here except for the professionals of course. Last time fireworks were legal in this part of the country,we had a big night down at our local oval, so much fun!

I am a bit over professional fireworks shows, they can get a bit repetitive (man I am sounding like an old grumpy person now )

Fun fact(!!?) for Australian players - if you hear a single firework go off in the middle of the night - esp if you are in a small country town it is your local drug dealer letting you know he has a new batch in...

 

I'm a little bummed that we didn't get to see our town's fireworks last night.... but it's because our church/school is very near downtown, so we sell parking spots as a fundraiser for our youth. We were doing that last night until about 10:30 when the fireworks started. Then I had to count money and clean up the cones and signs, etc. I saw a few through the trees on my drive home though. The traffic is INSANE after the fireworks though and i really just wanted to get out of there before the fireworks ended so I wouldn't get stuck in it. Lol.

 

We normally go to the show/party our town does at the lake, but I stayed in and scrapped while DS went to a party at our local country club with his friends. Really low-key this year.

 

We are always out at the lake house for the 4th. The little community one bay over from ours has a great show the night before every year that we watch from the water on the boat. It's pretty cool, but sorta crazy getting back home (in the dark with everyone else leaving at the same time!)

On the actual 4th- we usually sit down at the water & watch everyone else blow up their $$ The kids usually get to do some sparklers or other little fireworks- but I'm too cheap to just watch my money burn!

 

I love fireworks and I was so bummed that we didn't get to see any this year.

We were at BIL's lake house this year but they didn't want to take the boat out to see the show because it may rain (it didn't) and then we were traveling on the actual holiday & the kids were too tired once we finally got to my ILs' house to go out again.

We had a mini 'do-over' Wednesday night and grilled out dinner, had a bonfire & s'mores, and then the kids did poppers/crackers (the ones you throw on the ground that pop) and sparklers.