Saturday, June 5, 2010

A Busy Saturday

After soccer today we went to a Taste of Syracuse for lunch. Then it was down to Old Home Days in Marcellus for some festival fun and to watch the parade. Oh, and to catch lots of candy!!
Before the parade we walked around town a bit and got a slushy.
Yummy!!

Here comes the parade!!! Last year we watched the end of the parade. Being on Main Street this year was much more festive.
Bring on the sugar!!
Old Home Days should be dubbed June-o-ween. The amount of candy the kids got from a 45 minute parade was nuts.
The kids were eager to wave to all the floats......and then even more eager that waving meant thrown candy!
As the high school marching band came by Elizabeth was groovin' away.
Our kids don't have that greed factor that so many kids do when they get older. The just picked up the candy off the road that they liked, they didn't aim to get all of it. There was a lot that they left behind.
Elizabeth was so excited to see the cheerleaders and their float. She just loves cheerleaders!

Pat loading up on more sugar........we are so surprised that there weren't any massive belly aches after all the junk we let our kids have today. What a treat.
After the parade we stopped at the Episcipal church for strawberry shortcake. The kids had more sugar......this time cotton candy that a group was passing out in the parade.
Mom is a sucker and had to get the kids a treat from a Taste of Syracuse to bring home. There was a stand selling awesome cookies......we had to get one. Pat got a giant lion, of course.
And a giant flower for Elizabeth........and Mommy, who had to share it.

We ended our busy Saturday by staying up really late - past 10! - and going to watch the Old Home Days fireworks. Ciochi had quite a set-up in teh back of her truck. Like Liz's scary face??? It was great to watch the kids have fun and ooohh and aaahhh over the fireworks.

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