Saturday, November 20, 2010

Holiday Parade

This morning I was able to run my first 10K. The annual Give Thanks to Lebanon Run was held this morning with a start at the Farmers Market and Finish at Lebanon High School. Almost the entire run was on a part of the rail trail that I've never run before and it was beautiful. There was a good number of runners and everyone was in a great, friendly mood. I took it out at a nice, comfortable pace and just enjoyed the event. As soon as I finished, I rushed home so we could go to the Holiday Parade. We figured the weather was great and Tyler heard advertisements on the radio and has been talking about it ever since. We packed up the car and took the boys for our first Lebanon Parade.
We arrived at the intersection of 8th and Cumberland Street and ran into Mrs. Kalbach and her family. They were sweet enough to let our wagon in front and had a perfect view of the entire parade. It was a very nice gesture.
The boys sat in the wagon for most of the parade. Tyler was sitting in such a way that he could see down the road and kept giving us the play by play of what was about to come next. He kept pointing and getting so excited about everything. Mrs. Kalbach was laughing and got such enjoyment out of hearing him because he literally kept talking the entire time about everything he was seeing and what was happening around him.

Of course, T loved all the firetrucks!
Adam's favorite part was the tractors and the horses.
Matthews favorite part was probably all the yummy snacks I brought along for them to munch on while we watched the parade. And no doubt my favorite part was sitting next to the boys, watching their precious faces with all the excitement, and hearing Tyler commentate the entire parade. It was great morning and hopefully a new tradition for our family. Adam said he hopes the Szajda family can put together a float some day and walk in the parade too! Can you imagine??!!

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