Farmington Parade

Ellie was invited by Ms. Mo to be in the Farmington Parade. She was so excited! Allen snapped the picture and didn't know where she was on the float, so luckily he got her. She is on the far right. You can see Tasha in front of her pointing us out. They were all so cute up there in their red shirts and necklaces and matching hair bows that I am sure Ms. Mo made. Ellie said they ran out of candy, but we were in prime area to catch a bunch of candy and stuffed animals and Frisbees from all of the floats.

Here they come...
Molly came to her first parade with us and didn't like all the loud sounds, especially the fire trucks. After half way through the parade we had to take her patriotic dress off.

Carson made some puppet birds to try to sale at the parade. He made a sign and we put it on a stick for him to hold up. He wants to earn money for our Disney trip coming up, but he is too shy and wouldn't even walk on the street in front of the crowds. He walked behind them! I told him that, but he wasn't too interested in trying again...I don't think he deals well with disappointment. So, we now have 12 fun foam birds hanging around our house. I may just drop them off at neighbors houses and leave them on the porch...surprise!

I think even Allen had a fun time at the parade. He says that everyone in his department hates parades because there is so much work that goes into them. I think it would be fun to help out. Carson just about lost it once during the parade when some older kids kept jumping in front of him and taking his otter pops. Finally when one of them took a Frisbee out of his hands he came walking over to me with a trembling lower lip. I grabbed him and put him on my lap and that's when he lost it. Allen and I keep talking about how Carson needs to be more aggressive in certain situations and to not let others push you around. He doesn't have a problem being the alpha-dog with Ellie though.

Thanks for coming with us Mikayla and Stockton.