Smoke Balls and Fill Flash

So, we're still working our way through our New Years fire works.  Today Anna set off the remainder of the smoke balls.  She did it all by herself.  Lit the matches and everything.  So, I took pictures!  

Haha!  She was trying to walk toward me over some pokey grass.  And she was dressed a bit crazy. It's Saturday...completely appropriate to still be in your pajama top at five in the afternoon.

The littles were funny.  They'd run away as soon as she got a match lit, but then they come running right back once the smoke started coming out of the balls.

About half way through the smoke balls I decided to try some direct flash.  I was sitting pretty far away and figured it was worth a shot since the sun was behind the kids.  I'd say about 30 percent of the shots looked to me like they had obvious flash (which is super annoying to me), but the rest looked fabulous!

Eeeeek!  I've been trying to figure this out FOREVER!  Fantastic lighting even in a back-lit scenario...  

I still get pretty excited when all 3 kids are together in a picture...even if it's not really the most composed shot.

This one cracks me up.  Wallace is all mid stride.

It ended up being super smokey.  And smoke ball smoke really smells more like sulfur than anything.

Haha!  She was so grossed out.

Well... All we have left are the crappy sparklers, and I just might throw them away since the kids don't even like to hold them...as they are basically torches and not very sparkly.