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Thursday 10 November 2016

Fireworks Night 2016



Last night the Boy's and I went to my Dads where we are joined by the neighbours and their family as well as my brothers family (15 in-laws in total) to celebrate Bonfire Night with a "Firework Party".

I know that it is a little late but 2 of the attending adults, myself included, didn't have our children on the actual night and, therefore, some coordination to hold it with all children and in safe weather conditions was needed.

Anyway, Firework Night is a big event in our household, especially where we don't celebrate Halloween, and with us completing all of our firework related crafts I thought that I would show you all what we get up to. 


With the Bonfire lit and the Guy, made by my dad, chucked on the top with a loud cheer we were ready to have some fun. All the children, and some of the adults ;) , were supervised and we had a chance to light our sparklers.



We stopped and had a break before we started the fireworks and we all enjoyed Hotdogs. I have to admit that although these were rather tacky, in my eyes, it is something that we have always done and it has become a staple tradition now for us to do them.


It was then time for the fireworks. My brother had set them up earlier in the day and he was in charge of lighting them. (Can you imagine the danger of me bending over a firework and trying to light it!! I think that would have been equally amusing and dangerous for all involved)

The photo's here of the fireworks are rather poor but I spent a lot of the time with the boy's enjoying the excitement with them rather than taking hundreds of photos. I will also say that I am a terrible photographer with my phone but nonetheless here you go:



Ground fireworks. They basically burst up about a metre off of the ground sparkled out.


We had 3 Catherine Wheels spinning around. They were so difficult to capture the spinning!

There was then a boxed and grouped display. There was a selection that resembled the ground fireworks but also shot rockets up into the air in little bursts.







My brother, as always, left the larger and bigger exploding fireworks at the end for the big finale! As far a I counted there were 20 rockets in total in the final sequence which is possibly the most that we have ever had to finish with.








 I absolutely love this day every year. It is a tradition to get together, as a family and with extended family and friends, to share food, laughter and an evening of "ooo's" and "ahhhh's".

The only thing that we need to consider next year is the possible venue! We have always held it at my Dad's house, which he doesn't mind, but with an ever growing family and the aim to make each year bigger and better I am sure we might be pushing our luck when it comes to space even if we do have a relatively large garden!

It is a great night and a real social gathering for us and the children. It is definitely something I will be looking forward to next year too!

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