Sparklers

Spencer holding a sparkler...
Copyright © 2006 Barry G. Moses.

We made no specific plan this year to watch the fireworks at the park, though we got to see them as we were passing through. Instead, we spent the evening with our friends lighting sparklers and other "tame" fireworks. My kids had never seen this kind of fireworks up close, so it was more delightful to see their reaction than it would have been to watch the display downtown. This photograph captures the wonder our kids (and our friends' kids) felt to see the fire up close and hold it in their hands.