Parade Season

Just about everyone who knows me knows how much I love parades, so I'm thrilled that parade season is here. I'm obsessively early to every parade to get a good seat and parking spot, which means lots of waiting before the start. We've been bringing one of Elizabeth's friends with us to the parades, which is fun for Elizabeth and frees me up to concentrate on Amelie.

Amelie loves the snacks, the clapping along with the bands, waving at princesses and yelling "Hi!" Inexplicably, she loves people dressed as cartoon character, especially a chili pepper and giant parrot at the last parade, and chases them down the street until I retrieve her and drag her back to our spot. She grabs candy and sticks it into her mouth, wrapper and all. (I don't actually let her eat it!)

All the girls love collecting political stickers as well as flags, free toothbrushes, and bags of candy.

We survived a brief rain as we waited for the Roseville parade this week. The girls had so much fun with umbrellas that they were a little disappointed when the weather improved.

Here is a picture of Elizabeth and Casey eating dinner in their makeshift umbrella tent.

Anytime you want to come to a parade with us, just let me know!