Parade!!

So Blake and I were watching the garbage/recycling trucks go by one Friday afternoon, and I was thinking, "Blake sure likes to watch these trucks...where is a good place to watch trucks"? All of a sudden I remembered that there are lots of trucks and tractors in parades and found out that there was one this weekend! When Blake hears a truck in the neighborhood, we have to run to the window to watch, no matter what we are doing. He doesn't just forget about it :)

So, Mt. Horeb, WI had their annual parade and we decided to go! Bear with me, there are a lot of pictures (as I was typing this, I wasn't entirely sure which bear/bare to use, so I googled it. Apparently, there is a lot of discussion on the correct usage, but I found "bear" with me to be the most accurate from my 30 second research) :)



This parade was after church. Church is during Blake's nap time, so he fell asleep in the car and we had to wake him from a deep sleep to watch the parade. You can tell he looks sleepy here (but waking him was worth it)!

Oh, there's some smiles!!

Blake getting into the parade!



Los padres



Blake absolutely refused to look at the camera for this shot. Scott tried really hard, and I told him to forget about it. Blake needed to watch the parade :)



We got Mr. Freezies! I felt bad for the guy walking by trying to sell sno cones after we were handed these, haha!



Blake got a ball!! He kept throwing/trying to throw it into the street, so we had to take it away during the parade.



The Subway mascot personally came and gave Blake a sucker. Blake was a little scared, which made Subway man laugh.

 

This is Blake's disgusted face as he watches Subway man walk away. haha



If you know Blake, you know he doesn't sit still for long. Well, there were no problems while the parade was going!! He sat as still as can be!



He would just sit there holding his two pieces of candy. We were thrown more, but he didn't attempt to pick them up, just held onto the two for the duration of the parade.



Oops, guess he still needed a little more sleep :)

I was leaning back to take a profile pic of Blake and try to get the cool trucks in the background. When I finished with my pic, I thought, what a boring background, then realized it was a random lost car who accidently got on the parade route, haha. This middle age/older women was looking straight ahead--I think she was too embarrassed to look around :)



Scott caught eating some of Blake's candy. I had to laugh at this picture, showed it to him, and said this was definitely going in my blog--he laughed :)



Blake leaning forward to get a better look.



Blake got brave after the parade and ventured into the street. I'm sure he was timid b/c he KNOWS he isn't allowed in the street without me!!