The Parade!

Today was a fun Saturday for us all - family time at the "Old Soldiers' Day Parade"! Katie knows parades around here mean lots of candy thrown from cars and floats that pass by with clowns and bands to entertain us inbetween. She was very excited and - other than a few very loud fire engines and blasts from an irritating cannon - the parade proved to be a very fun way for us to spend a Saturday morning together playing outside. It was Nathan's very first parade, and he seemed to enjoy the commotion all around him as well.


A very cool float that passed by was one of the famous scene at Iwo Jima which was re-enacted by a group of marines - real guys holding this pose like statues!

And Nathan watched as camels passed by. . .I have no idea what camels have to do with soldiers - but, well, they were entertaining!








We walked through the park after the parade. Katie, of course, needed to "make a wish" at the fountain in the town square fountain. . .and Nate and I needed to sit and cool off under the trees!