Happy 4th of July!

Last night, we went to a parade one town over. They had a few clowns and jugglers, but mostly bands and the usual parade fare.

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Ronny McDonny showed up and was marching along with the little baton twirlers group in front of him. It was really cute.
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Maida thought it was fun and pretty funny, especially the "Dancing Grannies"

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In the spirit of the 4th, but all tuckered out, Andrew slept in Maida's arms most of the time. You can't even see his cute "Little Firecracker" shirt that Grammie got for him.
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The coolest part was Cho's Martial Arts. The kids in the program were all dressed in their white gear and in pairs - from teens all the way down to Joe's age. All at once, the group stopped and one of the pair would hold a little bag and the other one kicked it and sent candy flying. The whole group of about 50 did it in unison so it looked like a candy explosion. The kids watching went nuts! The only problem for us was that we realized that Tootsie Rolls are on the "can't have" list. You can see Luke in the background with a red, itchy eye. Other than that, we all had a great time, and Maida enjoyed a classic bit of Americana - the small town 4th of July parade.