At 8 pm, Finley started asking to go "night night". We settled in for an episode of Sesame Street and crossed our fingers that she would stay up late enough for the fireworks show. We left our house a little before 9 pm. When we arrived, the Texas Tenors were still performing, which was neat to hear. We couldn't get close enough to see anything, but the music was loud enough for us all to enjoy. The music wrapped up around 9:15 pm and we thought it was time for fireworks. We were very very very wrong.
Are these fireworks ever going to begin?
There was about a 15 minute intermission and the Symphony was back out again. At this point, we were all restless and ready to see the fireworks. The music kept going, the Texas Tenors came back out to perform more songs and I kept looking at my watching. Surely the fireworks wouldn't start past 10 pm, that is illogical. Finally around 10 pm, they announced it was the last song, The 1812 Overture, complete with real cannons. The fireworks themselves didn't begin until 10:18 pm and we weren't home until after 11 pm.
Watching the fireworks spectacular
Finley was quite a trooper, she mostly wanted to "walk walk walk". The fireworks didn't seem to scare her at all, but she did grow bored of them after about 10 minutes. I think it is because she was much more interested in walk walk walking.
Next year, we are going back to the fireworks show downtown. It is a much bigger spectacle and ends at a much more reasonable time.
Next year, we are going back to the fireworks show downtown. It is a much bigger spectacle and ends at a much more reasonable time.
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Trying to get a good picture with mommy in the dark
1 comment:
I agree I loved hearing the Texas Tenors and the symphony was really good too!
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