360 degrees of fireworks

I swear this neighborhood I live in thinks it’s a mini-Texas – everything has to be bigger here. Halloween is like a movie with seas of people walking down the streets. Christmas lights go up shortly after Halloween and get bigger each year. And 4th of July… well the economy might be bad but apparently people around here aren’t cutting back on fireworks spending.

We walked outside and sat on our sidewalk to watch the city fireworks show – we’re lucky enough to be able to see it from our house. Before the city show even started however, we found ourselves surrounded by fireworks. And I’m not talking little fountains in the driveway or a few roman candles. I’m talking shot high in the air, big splashy fireworks. Literally everywhere we looked. By the time the city show started my kids were being smoked out and only one of them stayed outside for the whole show.

And of course the fireworks in Indiana don’t stop after the city show. I was up reading at midnight and could still hear things going off. Thank goodness the kids were exhausted from the birthday party the night before and fell asleep even with the bombs bursting in air going on across the street, and behind us, and one street over…

It made my sparklers and snaps look pretty lame in comparison. But really, why should I buy anything else when we’ve got the neighborhood extravaganza to watch around us?!?