4th of July Parade

The "Windmill Hill Ladies Association" pulled it off again. For the third year in a row, we entered a magnificent float into the Annapolis Independence Day Parade.

It was hard work- we had to shove pomp (tissue paper) into chicken wire for almost an entire Thursday evening happy hour. (Maybe if we had put the beers down and used two hands, it would've gone faster.) But we got it done with time to spare. Luckily for us, one of our former neighbors lives in Murry Hill, which is where the line-up for the parade is. So on Saturday, we just towed the float over there and had a July 4th cookout at his house while we waited to put the float into place.

Here's Rex with his best bud- our neighbor Kelly:

And Sean with Michael in his festive hat:

At promptly six o'clock, we loaded up and headed for a ride.

It's always a little surreal seeing all of the people lined up to watch the parade- but it's also a lot of fun! Here is a view of the crowd gathered at City Dock:

Michael pushed Jack along in the jogging stroller as he handed out candy to the spectators. Unfortunately, Jack has no recollection of any of it:

It must have been contagious. Sean was out-cold before we hit Main Street.

I guess the excitement was just too much to handle! Plans for the 2010 float are already underway. All comments and/or suggestions are welcome!