We have a local parade that we have attended the last few years and these photos are from last year. The parade has about a 98% participation verses viewership but it really is a lot of fun for the kids...okay and the mom's and dads. Mostly it is dogs and kids on bikes decorated in red white and blue.
So about July 5th of 2008 I started thinking about how I could improve our showing for next year. And this is what I, along with my wonderful mother in-law came up with.
For those of you who have been around since Carina's first birthday I guess this shouldn't come as such a surprise. But Grandma loaded up the horse and cart and came to Portland so Carina could ride in the parade. Carina was afraid at first and really didn't want to get on but once she saw her 90 year old G.G. was going to ride she was all for it. And along the way Carina picked up her best Friend Wyatt which also helped. (I see romantic horse and buggy rides in their future.) 
For those of you who have been around since Carina's first birthday I guess this shouldn't come as such a surprise. But Grandma loaded up the horse and cart and came to Portland so Carina could ride in the parade. Carina was afraid at first and really didn't want to get on but once she saw her 90 year old G.G. was going to ride she was all for it. And along the way Carina picked up her best Friend Wyatt which also helped. (I see romantic horse and buggy rides in their future.) 
Wyatt's little sister Avery joined the fun and Carina took her job of holding on to her tightly very seriously. As you can imagine it was a hit at the parade and we even had some people follow us home for a ride.
So now that just leaves me with what to do next year.
4 comments:
I'm terribly impressed that you busted out the horse and buggy!
Yeah, we're all wondering what you're going to pull off next year! The horse was so much fun!
so cute!
Invite a fire truck next year! But I am sure a repeat of the horse will be just as grand!
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