Fireworks!!!

We’d heard the fourth of July in Maplewood could be quite conjested.

The crowds during the day hadn’t been too bad. In fact looking through out pictures, at times you could imagine we were the only ones there!

However after we put the kids to bed we started to realise that the streets around our house were filling up…

I graciously offered to stay home with the kids while Nathan whipped down to have a look but he was happy to stay home. He had afterall pushed two kids in a stroller up the hill from the park three times today! So I wandered down for a look….lo and behold – half of New Jersey were in Maplewood. There was standing room only!

As for the fireworks – they are the part the crowds turn out for. For good reason too! They were great 🙂

I attempted some pictures with my digital camera – but it was not worthy. The pictures don’t to the scene justice and so use your imagination 🙂

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They were excellent. They went on and on and on for quite some time 🙂 Well worth a fourth trip down to the park!

Fireworks – the smells, the oohs and aaahs, the bangs, the bright lights – what’s not to love!