Our first 4th July celebrations were back in 2005 - with a four-month old Alex.
The next two years we happened to be travelling (Canada each time) so our next July 4th celebrations were in 2008 - with a three-year old Alex and a nine-month old Sebastien.
But as we now had a preschooler to enjoy the parade more, Brett decided to join in with abike group he knew of.
On the morning of the parade (that started at around 1pm), f irst comes the (de)construction->
Then the re-construction->
And onto the parade!We saw some cool ways to transport your kids and assorted coolers/chairs etc - using wagons (with and without canopies).
The start of the parade with the fire-engines hanging the flag over the road.
People started to line the streets early - but we still managed to squeeze into a shady spot on the corner of Lincoln and Florida - the same place we'd been three years before.
One of the groups has all kinds of ways to get around the parade - here are just a few:
There were quite a few fire companies - and the main thing seemed to be the water pistol attacks waged by kids from the side of the road - with retaliation by the firies (albeit with muchsmaller arsenal than they'd usually use).
Plenty of marching bands - at least 3 - kept the kids amused. No candy was allowed to be thrown this year.
Then came the bike group - quite a bit later (almost at the end of the 2+ hour parade):
Alex had a great time - she even saw a couple of people she knew on the parade route - and Sebastien and I had a good time too - here he is after his quick nap:
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We saw Brett and Alex on the parade route :o)
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