We Love A Parade

Started Parade Day (December 1) with breakfast at McDonald's. It was crazy in that tiny place, seems everyone wants breakfast before the parade. Thank goodness Jodi and Robert were early birds and were able to save a couple of tables. Got all our food ordered and had a nice meal. Riley was a little piggy and had two pancakes and half a sausage patty. Everyone else enjoyed their breakfast also.

Divided up into two vehicles and headed out in search of a parking space. I think we drove all over Saint Cloud before settling on a great place. We walked to the corner, set up our chairs and blankets in a nice shady spot. We had about a half hour before the parade started but it went by very fast. Riley did lots of exploring, checked out the leaves, moss and dirt. He was also much more interested in my chair then his little chair.

The parade started with police sirens and for the next hour and a half Riley was completely mesmerized by all the things in the parade. That included horses (although if you asked Jessica there were lots of cows), beautiful old cars, floats, bands, clowns, fire trucks and only in Saint Cloud - cement trucks. It was really a lot of fun.

The kids - Jared, Nick (Jared's friend), Jacob, Jessica and of course the big kids - Andy, Nikki and Ashley - had a great time collecting candy that was thrown during the parade. Some ot the kids could be a bit cut-throat when it came to getting the good stuff.

All in all a really great morning.