Happy 4th of July from VERY RAINY Pottstown!! We spent the morning trying to find umbrellas so we could go to the Pottstown parade (I don't think Rob has missed a year since we've lived here and girls haven't missed one yet, either) and, even though we only found two, we figured we'd chance it and go to the parade.
For those of us who GOT the umbrellas (those two up there...) the parade was a laugh riot. But for those of us who were soggy down to the soul it was ... actually pretty fun, too. Here are a couple of scenes from the parade. This is some classic car that Rob made me take a picture of:
Here is Rob pretending that the sun is going to come out by wearing his sunglasses. Luckily I do not embarrass easily...
Lizzie still managed to get wet, even though she was under the umbrella (and had a second umbrella covering her legs because THEY were getting wet, too) and complained for most of the parade. It was too rainy, too cold, too slow, too noisy ... but whenever I asked if she wanted to leave she'd say NO MOM, IT'S FUN. So we stayed and listened to her complain some more.
Hannah, on the other hand, really just loved the whole thing. She didn't say much, but her face told the whole story. She has always loved the parade and didn't mind the rain one bit.
The highlight of the parade for us is always the giant duck. The very first year we took the girls (when they were infants) they immediately saw the duck and started to laugh. So we know that no matter how hot (or rainy!) it is, we can't leave until we see the duck. The parade also had a lot of veterans marching, several bands (including two bagpipe bands, some Mummers and the Rah Jah band which has about 40 members and none of them are under the age of 98 or so. We also saw Clydesdales and motorcycles (including one motorcycle ridden by George Washington) and two guys riding those old-fashioned bikes with the huge front wheels. Oh, and we also saw the ambulance that rescued me when I broke my ankle. Oh, the memories of the Pottstown 4th of July parade!!
It's almost sunny out now, so we are hoping that the fireworks will still happen tonight, but we'll see. Rob's getting ready to grill some burgers and dogs, and that's more than enough partying for me!!
The highlight of the parade for us is always the giant duck. The very first year we took the girls (when they were infants) they immediately saw the duck and started to laugh. So we know that no matter how hot (or rainy!) it is, we can't leave until we see the duck. The parade also had a lot of veterans marching, several bands (including two bagpipe bands, some Mummers and the Rah Jah band which has about 40 members and none of them are under the age of 98 or so. We also saw Clydesdales and motorcycles (including one motorcycle ridden by George Washington) and two guys riding those old-fashioned bikes with the huge front wheels. Oh, and we also saw the ambulance that rescued me when I broke my ankle. Oh, the memories of the Pottstown 4th of July parade!!
It's almost sunny out now, so we are hoping that the fireworks will still happen tonight, but we'll see. Rob's getting ready to grill some burgers and dogs, and that's more than enough partying for me!!
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