I love a parade!

Well, I love a parade when it's not frigid outside. Last year we attempted the big downtown Raleigh Christmas Parade. It was largely a bust. It was freezing cold, parking was a pain, it was hugely crowded and Theo fell asleep. We decided it would be a long time before we tried that again. Susan heard that the little town over from us was having a Christmas parade and we thought we'd give that a try since it would be more low key. Unfortunately, this ended up being kind of a bust too. Parking was super easy and we walked right up to a spot to watch, but we were right at the end of the route so a lot of the bands and floats and whatnot had stopped performing and were basically just walking to the end point. And once again, it was FREEZING cold with terrible wind gusts. We didn't stay long, but Theo did love seeing the flags and hearing the drums in the marching bands.

Next year we know where to park and stand and not to try it if it's super cold. Lesson learned. Lucy was the warmest of us all. She had on a onesie, a fleece outfit with a hood, thick socks, sherpa lined leather booties (all the way from New Zealand, given to big brother when he was born), a hat, mittens, in the Pikkolo, zipped into my coat and covered with a thick blanket. She stayed nice and toasty while the rest of us froze. Ah well. Here's to next year!