St. Patty's Day 2008
Billings has a St. Patty's Day parade every year, and since we had a child this year, we decided to go. It wasn't anything special (nothing in Billings is), but it was fun to get out and spend some time with our friends and watch a ridiculous parade. Hopefully they will get better as Izzie gets older. Then they will definitely be worth going to.
We were in the heart of Downtown when we first got there, and it turns out that everyone else wanted to be there too. So, we headed down the road a couple of blocks to join some friends and find a less crowded spot. Here's Izzie hanging out waiting for the parade to start.
The parade started, and leading the pack were the bagpipe players from around Billings. They were pretty cool, but I don't think Izzie really knew what to think about it. She just kind of stared without any expressions at all.
Not too long into the parade was by far the coolest car of the entire event. I say that because I'm a nerd and anything nerdy is cool to me. I don't think I need to identify the car because, let's face it, if you don't know which car this is, you're probably not from this planet.
Here's Nell and Izzie hanging out watching the parade.
Here's two of Izzie's boyfriends; or so they think. These are two of our friends' kids, and since we have the only girl out of the whole bunch, all of the boys love her. Every time we get together with them, their boys hug and kiss Izzie to tears; literally. They get up in her grill so much and push and pull on her because they are all trying to hug her at the same time that she just starts screaming. I think it's hilarious and cute at the same time. I just wish they would stop when you asked them to. I usually ignore it and let them terrorize Izzie because she needs the exposure to rambunctious kids, and she needs to get used to playing with other kids.
Here's Izzie and I sitting on the curb watching the parade go by. It was a fun day, and I think Izzie was captivated by her first parade.
We were in the heart of Downtown when we first got there, and it turns out that everyone else wanted to be there too. So, we headed down the road a couple of blocks to join some friends and find a less crowded spot. Here's Izzie hanging out waiting for the parade to start.
The parade started, and leading the pack were the bagpipe players from around Billings. They were pretty cool, but I don't think Izzie really knew what to think about it. She just kind of stared without any expressions at all.
Not too long into the parade was by far the coolest car of the entire event. I say that because I'm a nerd and anything nerdy is cool to me. I don't think I need to identify the car because, let's face it, if you don't know which car this is, you're probably not from this planet.
Here's Nell and Izzie hanging out watching the parade.
Here's two of Izzie's boyfriends; or so they think. These are two of our friends' kids, and since we have the only girl out of the whole bunch, all of the boys love her. Every time we get together with them, their boys hug and kiss Izzie to tears; literally. They get up in her grill so much and push and pull on her because they are all trying to hug her at the same time that she just starts screaming. I think it's hilarious and cute at the same time. I just wish they would stop when you asked them to. I usually ignore it and let them terrorize Izzie because she needs the exposure to rambunctious kids, and she needs to get used to playing with other kids.
Here's Izzie and I sitting on the curb watching the parade go by. It was a fun day, and I think Izzie was captivated by her first parade.
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