Yesterday we took a very fun and very exhausting day trip to Brewer to meet cousin Trey, Nanny and Grandpa. The first thing we did was to attend the Veteran's Day parade. Grandpa came with us while Nanny and Trey stayed home for a nap. It was cold and windy so everyone was bundled up, but it wasn't raining as predicted.
The parade was a really cool experience. My dad has always instilled in all of us kids a sense of patriotism and the importance of respect for the flag, country and service men and women. I have been to many parades and events like this with my dad over the years, but have never experienced such an emotional and prideful thing as this one. First off there were many, many veterans, active service men/women, ROTC and boy scout troops marching in the parade, so that was neat to see that. Then, one of the boy scout troops (?packs, I am not yet familiar with the boy scout system:)) was marching by, noticed my dad in his air force hat and each boy walked over to him, shook his hand, and said, "Thank you Sir, for serving our country"... So cool!!! Occasionally things happen that I very much regret later not taking pictures of, and this was one of those times.
After the parade my parents and I took the 4 boys to the Children's Museum where they ran themselves ragged. We went back to Trey's house to have a nap and pizza. Just before leaving for home we met Jacob and went to the Maine Jump which is a big open space with several bounce houses and other inflatable play areas. Noah was pretty tired by this time and became surprisingly adventurous. He climbed up the tallest slide all by himself! He then got scared of the slide and Jacob had to help him climb down, but he did it which is huge progress. All in all a very fun and very full day!
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