Ben has never been a fan of the Fourth. He is a HUGE party-pooper. I haven't seen fireworks since before we got married- when he tricked me by taking me to a fireworks show and dazzling me with romance (that's the night he first told me he loved me). Now I know it was all fake. And I'm not very happy about it.
So this year I was ECSTATIC to show him how AWESOME fireworks are! My girls were FINALLY going to get to see fireworks! It was going to be the perfect "I told you so" night- and what wife doesn't look forward to that?
We arrived at my sisters house ready for action. She lives in one of 3 townships in the entire USA that still allows you to shoot fireworks. For years they have shot fireworks in their cul-de-sac as I enviously looked at pictures and longed for such an adventure for my own life.
The girls were appropriately excited. Ben was not.
They started out with pump rockets- how could life get any better???
Then sparklers and snaps- life is good!
But it can get worse...
Finally, the sun went down and the real fireworks could begin. The snacks were being eaten, and everyone was sitting for the show.
The first ones went off. Oops, they were illegal ones.
The second ones went off. One problem: the firework fell on its side and shot out at us.
The firework literally shot into the kids. It went off right by Audra- hurting her ears really bad, as well as Ken's dads' ears. Audra was sobbing and had hearing problems the rest of the night. Thankfully, she woke up fine and has no lasting damage.
But the worst was poor Olivia. She wasn't wearing her shoes. The firework went right under her foot (of course- why would it go to someone who was wearing shoes?) and gave her some pretty serious burns on the bottom of her foot. She had to go to the ER. Thankfully, it was 2nd degree burns, not 3rd degree, so she didn't need a skin graft or anything.
It could have been a lot worse, but it was still pretty bad.
And aside from Olivia's burns, which really were the worst part of the night, the second part of the night that was horrible is this: Ben was right. HE got to tell ME "I told you so."
I really hate that.
3 comments:
Oh no! Im glad everyone ended up being (mostly) okay! The neighbor's firework tipped over and shot into us too! We only had minor burns though. I'm sorry it didn't turn out like you hoped!
What is the horrible luck of having it tip over and shoot right at you/us??? We were the only ones in the entire cul-de-sac out enjoying the fireworks, and of course it fell right in our direction, and hit the only person not wearing shoes. Sometimes you just have to shake your head and say, "this just was not our day!"
Oh man! I'm sorry it turned out so rotten! The blanket I had on my lap has a hole burned in it from fireworks a few years ago. I have to say that I'm with Ben, at least on the little fireworks you can shoot off yourselves. They are just too dangerous for me. On the other hand, we have loved going to a big, professional show the last two years.
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