In June we went to the local Town Days parade and later that night the Horse Pull. It was Michael's first, and with the clouds threatening rain we got front row seats. Michael's favorite part of the parade was all the motorcycles.
The sirens caught his attention - he was trying to see what else was coming.
The first candy from a parade, a yummy sucker! And he thought it was all about the sirens and motorcycles.
What's a local, small town parade without plenty of horses?
Local law enforcement hound dogs.
Yippee! Another motorcycle!
And he's even handing out stickers!
Still watching the motorcycle.
Our friend Kalidawn in the middle - her dad is driving.
Our friend JD - he was in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
It isn't a parade without some kind of military involvement.
Michael's second favorite part of the parade - Cosmo!
Michael wanted to keep watching Cosmo dance.
After the parade we got to take pictures with Cosmo. Michael even let Cosmo hold him to take more pictures!
He wasn't quite sure what to think of the whiskers.
I'm such a good sister, I even took a picture for Mike. Cosmo had lots of people wanting pictures and lots of kids wanting autographs. Swoop had people looking at him like he was a crazy man. Hmmm. What's that all about?
That night was the horse pull. For those who have never been to a horse pull, teams of horses get hooked up to a sleigh that gets loaded down with weights (in this case, packages of roofing shingles). From a complete stop, the horses have to pull the sleigh a certain distance to stay in the competition. More weight is added until teams start dropping out.
Watching the horses - and teething.
What do you do when you run out of shingles and the horses are still capable of pulling? Start getting volunteers from the audience, ask how much they weigh, then tell them to climb up and hold on.
The sirens caught his attention - he was trying to see what else was coming.
The first candy from a parade, a yummy sucker! And he thought it was all about the sirens and motorcycles.
What's a local, small town parade without plenty of horses?
Local law enforcement hound dogs.
Yippee! Another motorcycle!
And he's even handing out stickers!
Still watching the motorcycle.
Our friend Kalidawn in the middle - her dad is driving.
Our friend JD - he was in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
It isn't a parade without some kind of military involvement.
Michael's second favorite part of the parade - Cosmo!
Michael wanted to keep watching Cosmo dance.
After the parade we got to take pictures with Cosmo. Michael even let Cosmo hold him to take more pictures!
He wasn't quite sure what to think of the whiskers.
I'm such a good sister, I even took a picture for Mike. Cosmo had lots of people wanting pictures and lots of kids wanting autographs. Swoop had people looking at him like he was a crazy man. Hmmm. What's that all about?
That night was the horse pull. For those who have never been to a horse pull, teams of horses get hooked up to a sleigh that gets loaded down with weights (in this case, packages of roofing shingles). From a complete stop, the horses have to pull the sleigh a certain distance to stay in the competition. More weight is added until teams start dropping out.
Watching the horses - and teething.
What do you do when you run out of shingles and the horses are still capable of pulling? Start getting volunteers from the audience, ask how much they weigh, then tell them to climb up and hold on.
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