Miss Mary's Children's Parade

Well, one would think that now that I am out of school that I have TONS of time to do fun things like post on the blog, wouldn't one? WRONG! It is very busy being home with a crawling almost 10 month old!

Last weekend, one of the big events that we had been getting ready for was Miss Mary's Children's Parade. It is held the Saturday before 4th of July each year. Miss Mary used to be a preschool teacher, and she came up with the idea of having a children's parade when the preschoolers asked why they couldn't be in the town parade, so now the children have a parade of their own. It is put on by the Kiwanis club, and the Rotary Club takes advantage of the crowd to crown Miss Fourth of July. She is usually a high school senior, and for the past two years, Jason has helped interview candidates. This year, he had the honor of crowning her! After she is crowned, she leads the children's parade. When I told my mom about it and asked if she wanted to come, I assured her that it was really kind of boring to watch but OH so fun for the kids. All you do is walk around the courtyard in front of Town Hall. Then they create this horrible vortex of children walking around and around and around. I say it is horrible because by the time the parade started, Harrison decided that he did not want to be in his stroller that I decorated for him, so I carried him. Then, he pulled his hat off and started playing with it. Of course, once we all started walking in circles, he kept dropping it. In order to pick it up I had to risk life and limb and hope that the kiddies behind me didn't run me over! Finally, I made a mad dash to get out! We had paraded enough. But it was really cute to see all the kids dressed up and in their red, white and blue. At the end, the Kiwanis Club gave out two savings bonds, one to a girl and one to a boy. Next year, I hope to be able to explain to Harrison a little about why the Fourth of July is so important.