The 4th of July Parade

Ready for the 4th of July parade. Smiley and GC chose to stay home, earning many negative brownie points. Lauren is walking in the parade with the Girl Scouts

My LK. Good job in the parade Junie!

The 4th of July Parade 2015

We decorated our bikes and planned on riding in the local parade, but a quarter of a mile from home Smiley's rear brakes broke (beyond the ability for me to fix it on the spot) and we jettisoned our plans. We returned home and then walked to the park, where we're waiting for said parade to stroll by.

The parade was great. There were tons of classic cars, an Elvis impersonator, Polish dancers, a Scottish marching band, a step dance troupe, the Mayor, Alderman, and State Reps, a clown who belted Parker over the head with a foam hammer after Parker told him to go away, a friend across the road who routinely tossed handfuls of candy to my kids, a unicyclist, Milwaukee's Official Jester, a Polka band, a square dance group, the Ace boxing club, lots of kids and bands and flags, a 1860's baseball team re-creators, military and church groups, etc. The kids got tons of candy, bottles of water, patriotic necklaces, flags, and Lauren even snagged a spent cartridge from one of the rifles that were fired off! A great time :) Pictures to follow later.

Waiting for the parade to start

Here's Junie with her friend Claire and some of her goodies from the parade

Just after the clown attack lol

A giant cream puff, the Scottish marching band and the boxing club.

The South Shore Frolics Parade

The South Shore Frolics parade in Bay View Milwaukee this morning (Pd and I didn't attend)

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