The next town over has their Freedom Festival the week before July 4th each year. Ava named it the candy parade when she was two years old since you pretty much get to see cheerleading clubs, Shriners driving mini cars, and John Deere trucks, big ass John Deere trucks. Oh, and everyone IN the parade throws candy at the kids sitting along the sidelines. Apparently this is huge fun when you are under 10, and quite frankly can be the highlight of any red-blooded American's (or Chinese American as the case may be) summer. Thus we have the candy parade. My girls LOVE it.
The snarky adults sitting second row simply toss bets around for just how many cheerleading clubs we will see sweating it out flip flopping through the parade that year. (We've gone to an over-under betting system in recent years...and I placed my over 12 and lost...I still think we should have
counted the Cloggers and I want that noted for the record.)Here is the motely crew before heading off to the candy parade. Livi is dutifully holding her candy bag, notice in red white and blue - for the occasion. We began taking the candy collection thing seriously in 2004 when Ava threw and elbow and took down an unsuspecting 6 year old, all for a necco wafer. This year I got in on the action and made them matching candy bags with the Freedom theme. Livi is doing her part by showing my handywork for posterity. She is my compliant child, and I love her for it.
Waiting, waiting, the candy tossing got off to a slow start this y
ear.Saw---weeet success. There is a tootsie roll in that bag, just look closer. Personally I can already see the effects of mega sugar intake on her little face.
Yes, that is me. Haven't the hours and hours at the gym done me well? Psst..don't answer that question, it was rhetorical. Despite my best efforts to always remain behind the Canon Powershot, Livi threatened to throw a whopper of a fit if I didn't let her take some photos. So much for the compliant child stuff. This weekend we are off to our town's parade and festivities. Which actually had the 4th of July celebration on the 4th of July, novel yes?
I'm sure the candy mongers will be able to scam some more goodies to share.
2 comments:
You look awesome!!!
(Love the beautiful, patriotic candy bags. I am so going to do that next year.)
Love the bags!
(Love my new bag too...thank you so much!! I did have a short-balding-unhappy-man-that-I-knew-from-working-in-a-hospital-one-time tell me at the grocery that my bag was "very interesting". It was his tone, don't you know. I responded with, "Yea, it's pretty cool, isn't it. The designer made it especially for me." Shut him up in no time. What the hell does he know?! Love, love, love my bag!)
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