On Saturday night it was the Santa Claus Parade here in London. Rob, Alex and Grandma (Andrea) all went. My parents had also wanted to go, but my mom ended up getting sick that day so they couldn’t make it. They had really wanted to go seeing as this was Alex’s first Parade.
We got there early in order to be able to sit right at the front. But then we had to deal with waiting. This was no fun for Alex. I was able to keep him happy for a while by just letting him walk back and forth along the sidewalk. Then it started to get a little crowded as it got closer to Parade time. When I got back to our spot, Alex did not want to sit and he started fussing. Andrea bought him a windmill toy which helped keep his attention for a while. He’s even playing with it a lot here at home. And shortly after that, the Parade started.
We are all pretty sure Alex loved it. He would just stare at the lights of the passing floats. He would sometimes dance to the beat of the marching bands. He even started waving back by the end of the parade. It was very cute when he started doing it, especially since he’s never been one for waving. He was also given lots of treats by the members of the parade. We know Alex loved it because for pretty much the last half hour you could see how tired Alex was getting. He hadn’t napped during the afternoon and it was getting close to bedtime. You could see that he was forcing his eyes open to watch every minute of it.
I’m definitely glad we went. And this will definitely be a great family tradition to have every year. Hopefully, my parents will be able to make it to the next one.
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