Happy 4th of July! I hope you're having a relaxing day...
We've been home relaxing since about 11 this morning, but our day started off with a bang. Actually, our day will end with a bang--it started with a float. We all got to participate in the Greensboro Fourth of July parade on the Troop 316 float. Jake and Ike helped decorate the float yesterday, then the four of us headed out early this morning to ride, hand out flags and wave. Jake saw an old friend from Pre-K in the crowd, which was very cool, and we generally agreed that this was the best way to spend time at the Fun Fourth celebration: be one of the first floats, then leave. Tonight we'll go to a party some friends are hosting and we'll watch fireworks from their house.
Pictures? Of course! Why else would I have even posted this entry?
Annie and Jake hanging out before the parade started.
Ike and Annie before the parade. Notice how many pictures Annie is in? Two-year-olds are highly photogenic...when they're still...
This is the part of the float Jake worked on. He refused to be in this picture.
Jake and his friend Ben from his den. See how (not) comfortable Jake is with having friends hug him? It's hereditary. (Of course, looking at this picture again, it does look like Ben is getting ready to eat Jake's head. Perhaps that's why Jake looks uncomfortable.)
Annie and I waved at the crowd from the float. Getting on the float with a toddler was...tricky, to say the least. But once we were on, we held our ground, only having to knock three Cub Scouts off to keep our position.
Jake worked the crowd, giving out flags left and right and waving like a champ. He loved it, we'll definitely do it again next year.
We've been home relaxing since about 11 this morning, but our day started off with a bang. Actually, our day will end with a bang--it started with a float. We all got to participate in the Greensboro Fourth of July parade on the Troop 316 float. Jake and Ike helped decorate the float yesterday, then the four of us headed out early this morning to ride, hand out flags and wave. Jake saw an old friend from Pre-K in the crowd, which was very cool, and we generally agreed that this was the best way to spend time at the Fun Fourth celebration: be one of the first floats, then leave. Tonight we'll go to a party some friends are hosting and we'll watch fireworks from their house.
Pictures? Of course! Why else would I have even posted this entry?
Annie and Jake hanging out before the parade started.
Ike and Annie before the parade. Notice how many pictures Annie is in? Two-year-olds are highly photogenic...when they're still...
This is the part of the float Jake worked on. He refused to be in this picture.
Jake and his friend Ben from his den. See how (not) comfortable Jake is with having friends hug him? It's hereditary. (Of course, looking at this picture again, it does look like Ben is getting ready to eat Jake's head. Perhaps that's why Jake looks uncomfortable.)
Annie and I waved at the crowd from the float. Getting on the float with a toddler was...tricky, to say the least. But once we were on, we held our ground, only having to knock three Cub Scouts off to keep our position.
Jake worked the crowd, giving out flags left and right and waving like a champ. He loved it, we'll definitely do it again next year.
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