To celebrate America's Independence Day, we decided to go to Marina Del Rey to watch fireworks. We figured Brookie would love to see fireworks in person for the first time. We arrived there around 4pm to get a good spot and set up a picnic since we knew it was going to be crowded.
Of course, getting my 14-month-old to stay at our picnic spot was nearly impossible. So I let her walk around the park a few times, saying "Hi" and "Bye" to everyone she met along the way. My mama note for this adventure: "Next time bring more food, a tent and grill, if possible." I was starving walking by everyone's feasts that they were cooking up.
The show started at 9pm so we were waiting for quite some time.
As for the fireworks, Jathan had his tripod ready to capture the moment we've been waiting hours for. As soon as it began, we realized that the tree that was right in front of us, was blocking the entire show! We rushed to the bottom, but there were way too many people plus we didn't want to trample over those who were already sitting in their perfect spot. We squeezed in somewhere and we were able to see the show but of course, Brookie wasn't impressed. She was too tired (it was her bedtime) to care what was going on in front of us. We headed back to the car and waited for an hour to get out of the parking lot. My 2nd mama note: "Do not park in the designated parking lot." Jathan and I ended up watching Avengers on Netflix while we waited in the car. We're just glad we finally made it home safely.
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