Sparkler Fun

It is not an exaggeration to say that people in Hawaii are totally obsessed with fireworks. Any excuse to set them off is welcome. In fact, we hear random explosions coming from a neighborhood a few blocks behind our community just about every other day. New Year's Eve here is like the Fourth of July. The legal, and not so legal lights in the sky start up just before sunset and last till after midnight. The air is so incredibly thick and smokey and it literally sounds like an old war film.

Phoebe was so enthralled (and somewhat frightened) and just had to join in the fun. She loves to do sparklers with her daddy. Here are a few highlights from her very exciting New Year's Eve celebration. For the first time in several years Xee and I both managed to last till midnight. We took turns popping over to a friend's to wish our neighbors well, since Phoebe was asleep by nine o'clock. Then we enjoyed a fantastic fireworks display at midnight in our jammies from our upstairs lanai, where we toasted some fine sparkling cider and then headed off to bed.