So, the Neewollah Kiddie Parade is fun, but often fun in a crazy way! The men always walk the float up to the parade site and the women & children follow. I don't know how it happens this way, but almost every year it seems like we wait too long to leave or something unexpected happens and the women & children end up rushing like mad to get to the parade. This year the crowd was huge, so we were battling time & traffic (yes, I do realize that the idea of traffic in a town like Independence is laughable, but just consider traffic to be a subjective concept). As usual, all our rushing around lands us at the parade with more than enough time to spare. Then we have to keep the kids occupied and happy in their costumes until the parade actually starts moving. Here's Degen's pre-parade action:
FIVE MINUTES PRE-PARADE: GOOD LUCK KISSES FROM MOMMY
FOUR MINUTES PRE-PARADE: DEGEN TAKES OFF HIS FROG HEAD AND STARTS TO UNZIP HIS COSTUME
THREE MINUTES PRE-PARADE: DEGEN BREAKS FREE
TWO MINUTES PRE-PARADE: DEGEN ESCAPES THE LAST OF HIS COSTUME
ONE MINUTE PRE-PARADE: COSTUME PANIC
THE PARADE BEGINS: MOMMY DISTRACTS DEGEN WITH FOOD & A MOVIE WHILE SLIPPING ON HIS FROG HEAD. A MOMENT LATER SHE SLIDES HIS LEGS INTO HIS COSTUMES. AS THE FLOAT ROLLS ALONG, SHE PULLS HIS ARMS INTO THE SLEEVES.
WHEW! THE PARADE IS UNDERWAY WITH ONE, HAPPY, LITTLE FROG PRINCE!
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