I've Got Your Christmas Parade Right Here

Over the weekend we had our annual "Parade Day" in which Hannah dances in three (count 'em) parades in just two days. The first day's activities started with the 66th Annual Greater Manassas Christmas parade. She had to be there at 9:30am for the 10am start. I dropped her and Kelly off at the start of the parade and then drove to the end, parked, and waited. Kelly walked the entire length of the parade (about a mile or so), then we both waited for the star to come dancing down the street. We were able to leave at about 11:30. The picture at the right is from the end.

After a good workout on the treadmill, a nice cool shower and a quick bite to eat, we left for Fredricksburg, Charlie (our dog) in tow, for the Jaycees’ 2011 Fredericksburg Christmas Parade. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures from that, but you can watch highlights here. I watched that video and did not see her company in it. She danced her way all along that parade route, too, which was probably about another mile.

Finally, the next day, we gathered all together (except the dog) and drove all the way to Baltimore for the 39th Mayor's Annual Christmas Parade. That route was about 2.5 miles and then it took us about another hour to get out of there because of all the traffic. The photo at the left is the group shot we took at the end. A full-sized Snickers bar goes to the one who can first correctly identify my little sweetie.

I sure am proud of her and her big brother. They both went through the whole two days with relatively little grouchiness. Jacob didn't have the distance to walk she did, but he was nevertheless a very good trooper when it came to supporting his sister. He stayed up late Friday night, so we let him sleep through the first one. But he was there for every other second, most of the time with a smile on, whether it was pasted there or not.

Needless to say, both of them slept well that night.