Monday, July 5, 2010

July 4th Parade

I hope everyone had a great time on July 4th. We joined some friends for a neighborhood parade and picnic. Priya wore the patriotic dress Nani bought her. She was having a hard time guarding her wagon and trying to steal the neighbor's ball before the start of the parade:






The parade started and we were off down the hill. Priya started out in the wagon but quickly wanted out. She loves to walk Sona now. We had to make sure Sona didn't take off after something. Luckily she didn't.



The park at the end of the parade route was full of all kinds of fun things. After playing with her wagon a little bit, Priya went and got all messy playing with the bubble soap. She doesn't care much for the bubbles themselves as much as the soap. She was covered with soap when we left - inside and out!


She loved the fire engines. She was second in line for the huge ladder truck and I basically had to pull her out. Then she took a turn in the driver's seat of the hose engine. She loved that. She wanted to push all the buttons though and who knows what those buttons might do.



We had a great time. She made it about 1.5 -2 hours past her nap time without having a meltdown. She simply looked at me from the bubble soap bucket and said "Home". So, home we went.