So they – because they live in the city. They’ve never really seen real fireworks before. And I’m not saying that there aren’t real fireworks in New York City. I was talking to their mom and she said cause she’s from Houston – so she’s – not Houston but the Houston suburbs. So she’s used to seeing fireworks and she was like, “Yeah, there are fireworks in New York City, but they can only ever do them over the East River. And there’s always such a large crowd that it isn’t really worth it when you have young kids.” And I was like, “That’s fair.” So they never, they never got to see fireworks. Their kids, their oldest is 12 and the youngest is I think six or seven and they never have seen real fireworks in their life.
So we went, and the two oldest got – were, like, really bored and they wanted to go back to the camp because one of the families was setting off like, you know, those fireworks you can set off on a driveway, they were doing those kinds of things. So they wanted to go back so their dad brought them there. So I stayed with the youngest and their mom.
And those fireworks were so good. They were city fireworks, like the city put off, and we sat in the church parking lot, right? As you know, the typical suburban family would do. And it was – they were beautiful fireworks and the show went on forever, too. Like I was shocked because I mean, especially for such a small town that [town name] is I wasn’t expecting the fireworks budget to be that expansive, like it went on for like 15 minutes. It was insane. And it and like, after the finale, we were packing up. There were still, like, stray fireworks that would go off and we were like, “Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh, that’s crazy!” They were really not – they were really fantastic.
And I was so happy to see fireworks because I didn’t think that I was gonna get to see fireworks this year because I mean, I didn’t know when they were. Some, some communities do them, like, on the 5th or the 3rd, so I never knew.
And the mom, she hadn’t seen fireworks in 12 years and – again because they never took their kids. So she was so excited and the youngest [name] after the show he goes, “That was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.” And we were like, “Aww.” Like, “Don’t worry [name] you’ll get to see them again next year.”