We're NOT loving the British weather

Mum says:

"It was supposed to be our community's fireworks night last night, but for the second year in a row it had to be cancelled because of the really wet weather here (not just tonight but for the whole week - actually make that this month, no, this whole YEAR, or so it seems to us).

We live in a very rural area, so there's very little selection of other bonfires to go to around here on any other days, so naturally the boys (and I) were (and are) still really disappointed not to be able to go to this 'special' bonfire we've had pencilled in on our calendar for months. But there's not a lot you can do, is there, when the clouds come to call in typical British fashion? (It was the same story this summer with the few fetes we had planned to go to - all cancelled because of the really wet weather.)

The sad thing is that our eldest, Shaun, has never been to a community fireworks before.

Two years ago, Shaun was really naughty and so as punishment we didn't let him go to the boys' first ever bonfire we had planned. I just took his younger brother Joe along there instead. (Please don't call me harsh, I gave Shaun enough chances and warnings beforehand (all week long) and I think and I and his Dad suffered more from the punishment than he did. One feels like an ogre, but you have to be strict at times.)

Anyway, Shaun was very upset to miss out on that bonfire two years ago, but he learned a very important lesson from the whole episode and has been determined never to miss out again because of his bad behaviour. (For the record, he's actually normally a really good kid and both I and his Dad are immensely proud of him.) So in the weeks and days leading up to last Bonfire night, Shaun was determined to be especially good so as not to risk missing out on that. So what a wind-up it was for fireworks night to be cancelled FOR EVERYBODY because the weather was a total washout. And ditto again with this year. That means my poor kid will have to wait three whole years to go to his first ever bonfire, as long as the weather holds up for next year, that is!"