Friday night, the Adolphus was WILD with children in PJs running everywhere. We never learned what was going on, but we think there was some special pre-parade, hot chocolate extravaganza to make sure the kids were revved up for Saturday morning.
For those of you who have never been to this parade - or even heard of it - let me tell you, it is something else! The streets are lined with THOUSANDS of people. They set up bleachers and people stake out their places starting very early in the morning. It's an interesting study of human behavior ... the innocence of little kids excited about the parade contrasting with a few amazingly rude and pushy adults too lazy to get up and drive downtown before the good spots are taken.
All in all, we had a great time.
Our spectacular parade-watching spot was due to Jerry's willingness to go outside in the COLD at 6:45am to stake out our spot. He was much happier once the boys arrived ... Zach, his elf, Jerry and Luke.
Zach was "walking on air" when he saw that the parade was ready for kick-off!
Here's the group ... waiting.
Dancing girls and floats ...
A queen in a snow globe ...
Countless balloons ...
Iron man ...
Mr. Potato Head ...
A personal favorite ... Curious George and the Man in the Yellow Hat!
Scooby Doo ...
Batman ...
"Toy Land" ...
A dancing cowboy band ...
Larger than life Radio Flyer red wagon ...
A troop of "rope jumpers", getting lots of exercise.
Storm troopers from Star Wars ... along with many other characters, including Darth Vader!
Spider man ...
This is my favorite photo from the event ... you can see the joy in Zach's eyes. That boy has the Christmas spirit!
Toy soldiers ...
The Grinch ...
Drill teams ...
and of course ... Santa!
There were many, many more floats and characters and balloons - it's a fun parade and a great way to jump start the season!
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