Chad's parents came back with us to California after Christmas. One of the things we'd planned on doing all together was go to the Rose Parade. Apparently you have to sleep on the sidewalks the night before to get a seat to view the parade.
Chad was the first to drop out of the plan when he found out he had to be at the clinic at noon that day and I quickly followed. No way was I taking 2 boys to watch a parade with 700,000+ others without him!
Norm and Cindy decided to stay home with us, too, and we made it a party eating apple-spice filled ebelskievers while we watched it.
That afternoon, however, we decided to attend the float party where you get to see the floats up close. Norm served his mission in soCal, and although that was over 40 years ago, he is still so good at navigating around. Parking could have been a nightmare (the park and ride had a 2 hour wait) but Norm (somewhat unknowingly) found us a spot about 2 blocks from the event.
It was fascinating to see the float up close. I loved this dinosaur one that had artichokes for foliage
and brussel sprouts to give the texture.
We definitely weren't the only ones who had this idea (about 150,000 attend the float party).
One of my favorite things was afterwards, we drove down Colorado Blvd (the parade route) and practiced our waving--
The crews were already putting the city back together--here they are re-installing a street light.
Mounds of trash
What a fun day! I see you purchased a Phil and Teds!! Glad you talked Chad into it! We need to meet up soon.
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