Memorial Day weekend

We had a quiet Memorial Day weekend at home.  It was pretty hot on Saturday and Sunday but absolutely gorgeous on Monday.  Here are some of the things we did:

The kids "pushing" each other outside.

"Helping" Daddy wash & wax the van and truck. 

On Monday morning I decided to take the kids to a park.  I wasn't aware of what the city of Waverly had as far as Memorial Day celebrations, but by shear luck we drove right to the parade route 5 minutes before the parade began.  It was short  (the standard legion, auxiliary, HS marching band, boy scouts, girl scouts), but impressive.  This is how Emily watched the band go by. ;o)  And no, they did NOT throw candy.

Then we followed everyone to the cemetery where we listened to the band play the national anthem and a beautiful rendition of "Amazing Grace". When the band headed for the buses we headed back to the park (see next post). They had more of a program, but the kids were antsy and we weren't close enough to hear the speakers anyway.

After a yummy BBQ meal on the grill, Emily & I played some rousing games of Candy Land out on the picnic table.  For the record, I did win all three times, but only because of lucky picture card draws.  Thankfully, Emily doesn't really care about winning or losing; she just likes to play.  She's getting a lot better at following the rules, but three games is usually enough for my patience level. ;o)

After Lincoln woke up from his nap we set up a "car wash" on the sidewalk and driveway.  Emily also had fun catching water in various size containers while Lincoln just pushed toys around.