I hope you all had an enjoyable Memorial Day yesterday! We packed up and headed out to the Memorial Day parade with anticipation running high – we were going to see a marching band! We went to the 4th of July parade last year and had really talked up the marching band to AG – we had been talking a lot about instruments at the time and she was very excited to see them in action. Alas, we learned at the parade that there is no marching band in the 4th of July parade, although they do march in the Memorial Day parade! A mere 10 months later, the dream was coming to fruition! :)

We got to the parade route a little early and enjoyed some homemade baked doughnuts that I had pulled out of the oven and coated with butter and cinnamon sugar just before we left the house. This should surely become a tradition – they were yummy! Want to try some? You can find the recipe here.

Near the start of the parade, LB somehow rocked the umbrella stroller he was sitting in right over the curb and landed face down in the street!! This was obviously surprising and scary for us and everyone watching, but LB never made a peep! The stroller must have taken the brunt of the fall, and he was completely unfazed… although all the people around us surely were questioning our competence as parents after that ordeal!

No injuries, so on with the parade! Indeed, there was a marching band! Hooray! Even better, in my opinion, was the long line of tractors. I do love a good local parade with copious amounts of lawn tractors! Hilarious!

After the lawn tractors, of course, came every firetruck and ambulance in the town. On the way to the car, AG and I were discussing that these people help us if we have an emergency, and that if we need them we can call 9-1-1 on the telephone and they will come right away. We went over this multiple times, and when we got into the car, I told her to tell NP what we can call if we need someone to help us. She didn’t even hesitate and said oh-so-very-confidently, “We can call 8-6-1.” We just about fell on the floor laughing – hopefully we won’t be dependent on her to call for help in an emergency!!

We had a wonderful remainder of the morning and early afternoon with the kids’ “pretend grandparents,” and bought some annuals and did some planting before the day was over.

Hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day! Now that summer has “officially” begun, check out my friend Julie’s blog this week as every day she’ll be sharing strategies for spending more time with the Word this summer, along with some favorite summer recipes!