Parade Time

Every year there is a Halloween Parade.  Every year it is freezing!  Every year we leave early because our children are on the verge of ice cubes!  Every year we leave saying we are not doing this again next year!  Well it never happens!

This year I emailed my Mom and sister and said… Did we swear off the parade?  Are we really not going this year? 

I decided that nope.  I wasn’t going!  Not going to go!  Nope!  Done! 

Well a few days before the parade we got a call from Jesse’s Mom and she was so excited about the parade and bought all this stuff for the parade. 

Guess we are going to the parade!

Before the parade we got ready at Jesse’s parents house.  Found out Grandpa Dave was going as a farmer too!

We got to the parade and saw this little man running around!  My cousin’s little guy and I just don’t see this family enough!  I miss them!

Here are all the kids!  Oh and Farmer Grandpa Dave!

I may be biased… but my son Max makes one incredibly handsome farmer!!

Between Jesse and Grandpa Dave – Max will have a full fledge working crop farm by the time he is ten.  Jesse has been scoping out Combines and plots of crop land.  I’m not kidding.  The last few weeks have been Jesse telling me all about how much he can get a Combine for!  Um… not sure where he plans on storing his Combine – but if we thought our neighbors loved us… wait until we roll in with a Combine and plant that in the yard!! 

Grandpa Dave is already planning his second retirement of running a farm and Max comes and lives with him for the summer.  Grandpa Dave and I argue about this often.  I tell him there is no way Max will be gone for a summer.  He tells me I need to let go.  I tell him… I’m the momma!!  He tells me… he’ll be fine and it will be good for him!  And I could see him on the weekends.  Humphf.  Not sure I’m going to win that battle!  ; )

It was cold.  Not as cold as years past.  However Max refused to put his jacket on.  That is so not farmer like to wear a jacket!  So he hopped from arms to arms to be held and steal body heat.

This was a huge shocker!  Garrett was not Super Man… or Spider Man.  Can’t remember what super hero he is into!  It is a laughing joke because I have no clue who my Super Heros are!  Anyway Garrett came as a cheetah and shocked us all!

We ended up staying for the whole parade and enjoyed it very much!