we weren't planning anything for last night . . . until i remembered some firecrackers i had. my daughter has never lit any fireworks ever, so we decided to fire them off in the backyard. i was hoping she'd be excited by it, but all she and my wife could do was talk about not having any bail money once i got caught breaking the law . . . some real comedians in my household.
so we lit the whole pack and that was it . . . until my brother remembered he had some in his garage from about 25 years ago. he ran up and got them and we lit a few flowers, a smoke bomb, and a couple of piccolo petes. have to admit plenty of nervousness at how stable they were going to be, but they held up well and we didn't have any problems. meanwhile, the comedians kept poo-pooing our meager antics. oh well. it's not like we dropped $600 but can never go to INO...