The boys have this thing for catching fireflies. They ask me all winter long, "Can we catch fireflies tonight?"

It's a combination of being out after dark and staying up past their bedtime. And watching living creatures up close.

I keep a Mason jar with small holes in the lid handy in the summertime, and their first night out several weeks ago, they caught ten. Last night, they caught two because they were distracted by the fireworks just above the treetops.

Generally, they are afraid of fireworks up close so we don't go. The Colts Neck Country Fair in late August has fireworks on the opening night, so we might make that.