Here are Jay, Catherine, Brett, Nana Ann and the girls enjoying a curbside view. Poppy and I watched from the more comfortable grass. Oh, and Thom surprised us all by getting up early and participating in a 5K, so we met him after the parade.
Plenty of buffalo imagery.
The clydesdales were huge!
The pioneering spirit of America...half motorcycle, half beer keg.
LiLi was wearing a hand-me-down from Lila that I loved - but that Lila was never small enough to wear (in the summer months, anyway).
Initially, it took some coaxing to get Lila out of LiLi's stroller. Her friend Roan in Brooklyn has the same stroller, and she was really excited to ride in the back seat like he does. I don't know if this happens at a lot of parades, but every float had walkers with it who ran along both sides of the street tossing candy to kids. I have somehow managed to completely conceal the world of wrapped candy from Lila, so she didn't understand what was in the little packages landing at her feet. But when a local dentist's giant tooth float came down the street, Lila emerged from the stroller to collect one of the free toothbrushes that were getting tossed to the kids. She was thrilled about it. And don't I look like the mom of the year, with a kid who has no idea what candy is, and who thinks a free toothbrush is hitting the jackpot. We'll see if we can keep the charade up through Halloween for one more year.
