Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Thomas doesn't have school this week (spring break) so we were able to go check out the St. Patrick's Day parade downtown this morning. We met up with a few friends there and had a good time. The parade was short and sweet, but filled with all the things little boys enjoy!

After waiting for about 10 minutes, Thomas was happy to see something finally coming into view (and we could definitely hear one of the pipe bands!):


(Parker, as you can see, needed to warm up to the idea of the parade, but once it got going he did cheer up!)



The boys perfected their waves so that parade riders would throw candy and goodies their way...


Thomas thought Charlie the Riverdog was pretty neat:


There were several bagpipe bands and Thomas enjoyed each one (and Parker was mesmerized)...


There were lots of cars in the parade. Thomas got really excited to see the older ones like this one:


And this one...


There were a few traditional parade floats (about which Thomas exclaimed "LOOK AT THAT MOMMY!!!!"):


There was a more modern fire engine at the end of the parade, as usual, but this one was more interesting...


After the parade, we ran an errand downtown and then headed over to our usual Tuesday play/lunch date at Lily & Sarah Ellen's house. The lunch table was pretty crowded today:

(Bailey, Abigail, Thomas, Porter, Margaret Anne and Lily)
That doesn't include the three babies and three moms! It was a fun time, as usual.

And just before it was time to go home for naptime, Taryn stole a little cuddle time with her two girls and my two boys:


All in all, it was a very happy St. Patty's Day!