Fireworks night

Took Molly to her first fireworks display tonight - she loved it! As soon as there was a pause she would say "No more?" then go "Wow, wow, wow!!" when the next set came along. It was a really well done display (considering it was in teeny tiny Feilding) at the Manfield Racetrack - no comparison to Silverstone, but a great night.

We started off by getting some good old fashioned fish and chips from Clare's favourite chippy (and former workplace) and sat in the car park eating them. Chips were good but the fish was a little tough for me so I didn't eat much of it.

They really put on a show with daredevil motocross riders, horses, funfair, a big fire and of course the fireworks. There were 18,000 people there so when we left it took an hour and a half but the evening was so good that I didn't really mind.

Best bit by far was the funfair with Molly, they had a bouncy castle - which she always loves and a big bouncy slide that was so high both Clare and I were terrified for her. All of the other kids were much older and bigger than Molly so we didn't know how she'd take to it.

Molly ran up to the slide and rapidly climbed to the top but was a bit concerned about the coming down part so I had to run up and bring her down. She loved it, then decided to go on her own. Clare took a couple of great photos - with both of us clearly enjoying ourselves!

Molly insisted on sitting on my shoulder for most of the time, while Clare found us somehwere good to sit (in the pit straight). Unfortunately, we were sitting on the ground and we had arrived fairly early so people soon sat all around us and Clare found herself being kicked in the back which she was not at all happy about.

Aloise was kicking an awful lot and was obviously sitting funny because Clare was in a fair bit of pain. I asked if she wanted to go home but she wanted to soldier on and see the fireworks display. I knew that once the fireworks started there would be no way we were going to be able to get out because by now the crowds were huge.

The weather was really great and with the big crowd, it felt like we were somewhere other than backwater New Zealand. We'll definately be going again next year.

All in all, we went home knackered and really happy.