Fireworks!

We're so glad that the symphony's fireworks show is back at Auditorium Shores. It's just a way better location on all fronts than Zilker could ever hope to be. (To be fair, Zilker had the Springs and picnicing areas across the street, but that's it.) We rode the bus up, since the 16 goes from our house to the auditorium. As always, the kids thought that the bus was a great adventure.


Once up there, we met up with Jonathan's sister and her family, plus we ran into a friend we hadn't seen in a while and invited him to join us as well.



We ate snacks and grooved to the radio station that was sponsoring the concert. At concert time, we could see the symphony pretty well and the sound system was set up so everyone (even the people on the other side of the river) could hear. Joseph rocked out to Leroy Anderson, dancing around the blankets, and loved being bounced on my knees for Sousa and the 1812 Overture. Elena somehow fell asleep during that last one (I told her, this afternoon, she needed a nap so she could stay up late) and missed ~95% of the fireworks.


Joseph, silly boy, had no problem with all the noise, but insisted on peeking through his fingers to watch the fireworks. The show was great (way better than New Year's) and as a bonus you could see the reflections ripple down the side of one of the new condo towers. It was a super cool effect.





For some reason (parking congestion?) our bus was taking a detoured route and was not running after hours to pick up the fireworks crowd (despite being advertised as such on the website) so we had to dash across the street to catch the very last bus home. It was packed but everyone was in a good mood. Joseph pointed out all the things he recognized (Moon! Star! Light!) and Elena slept, folded in half on my lap. I think everyone had a good time. I certainly enjoyed it. I'm already looking forward to next year.