Holland Happenings

Today was the annual Holland Happenings Parade here in town. We had a great time! Dad couldn't be here because of another trip but we made the best of it. Nana joined Chloe, Aidan and myself downtown for the parade and the streetfair. The weather couldn't of been better, sunny, beautiful, slightly breezy but wonderful after two days of horrible weather.

Chloe loves going to the parade, she has quickly learned that it means getting free candy from the people in the parade. She was especially into all the school marching bands and loved the horses. Aidan was overwhelmed! He was pretty quiet throughout the entire parade, just taking it all in. I think the loud sirens at the beginning of the parade made him a bit nervous. Towards the end he seemed to settle in a bit more and enjoy himself.

After the parade we went to a great little bistro downtown, we were the only ones there. It was nice and quiet. Aidan seemed to come out of his shell. He picked on his sister the whole time we were there, wanting everything she had. Chloe is still fighting a pretty bad cold so I think the time indoors was a good break for her.

Once we finished our delicious lunch we walked to the streetfair. There werw a lot of fun booths to look at but nothing particularly exciting. A lot of clothing and odd toys and hats. Not as many art booths as years past. Nana got the kids a giant bubble making kit. Tomorrow we will make the bubble recipe and see how well it works.

As you can imagine, the parade and the street fair wore out both kids, they both went down for a nap as soon as we got home. Mom took a catnap as well.