Parade and Carnival

Waiting for the Parade with some friends

Checking out the pretty flowers at the park

Watching the parade.  The boys had never really been to a parade before so this was quite fun for everyone.

You want me to ride in here?

I really don't like this, guys...

Liam and the climbing wall

Luke trying to ring the bell

Football toss for AJ

Luke loved the climbing wall

Liam and Luke trying the wall

Finn and the Llama

The boys had an exciting weekend with their first ever parade on one day and then a carnival the next.  The city where we live had their yearly town celebration.  We have done the carnival in the past when Luke, Liam, and AJ were quite young, but for various reasons we haven't ever made it to the parade until this year.  Aiden's school had a float in the parade and he was asked to ride on it so we attempted to meet everyone.  Unfortunately, there was a mix up in the meeting area and we couldn't park where we were supposed to park, but it all worked out because we got to watch the parade (and get lots of candy) and ride the float.  We ended up walking half of the parade route and eventually stopped when everyone was getting tired.  We ended up seeing some hockey buddies so we watched the parade with them and waited until #64 (Aiden's school float) when we jumped in the parade and the boys got to ride awhile.  This was definitely one of the longest (and slowest) parades I have ever seen.  We were there for nearly 1.5 hours before they got to #64 and they had 106 floats total!  

After the parade excitement, we went to the carnival on Saturday.  Finn's favorite part was definitely the animals and the live music.  Although we thought he would love riding the train, he screamed the entire time and tried to jump out midway through.  Aiden loved the various games like the football toss and ring toss.  Luke and Liam definitely enjoyed the climbing wall and would probably still be there if we didn't have to give someone else a turn!  Thankfully, although it was warm, the rain held off so we could enjoy the day.

Happy Summer!