However, when we went to The Warehouse, the family packs had already gone and only the singles or more expensive packs were left so we decided to go to the local gas station where a temporary shop sold family packs where we got this one pictured.
It was interesting to see lots of families also following suit as it pretty soon started getting busy with a longish queue. Our youngest walked out very happy and said "thank you" to our eldest.
We decided to wait for my beloved to return home before he and our youngest set off the fireworks with one of our neighbours and across the road letting off the really loud and brighter ones.
I really don't believe in burning away a lot of money on fireworks but our eldest said to see it as a happy experience that they would remember looking back. It was so nice to see that she could see the benefits of giving that experience to our youngest as we had for her those many years ago growing up.
It was also neat that some of our youngest's neighbouring friends also came to visit and watch in the dark of night and my eldest and I sat at the back of our hatchback and enjoyed the screams and laughter as the children enjoy watching them light off the fireworks.
Pretty soon it was also finished and time to go home. We all said "goodbye" to the neighbours and I could see the happy smiles on my children's faces and realized that it was complete for another year, although some of the neighbours were still letting theirs' off.
But I was glad to get back inside from the cold and the smoke as well as to have some steamed pudding and custard that my mum and passed to us for our dessert - yum. So happily our youngest went to sleep, still hearing the crackle of the fireworks in the night time sky but safe and sound in bed awaiting the year ahead...
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