We attended the Somerville Memorial Day parade again this year, it was Viv's first parade, she liked the music and kicked her feet around with glee, but not sure she realized the excitement of the parade.
Every year we go, every year they add more shooting muskets, every year my son is almost in tears from the fear of the sound of the muskets, but yet I just keep taking him to this thing. Why? Because I tend to remember the excitement of getting the flags, fire engine hats and tons of candy.
He's smiling in most of the photos, so I tend to forget the tears in his eyes due to the deafening musket shooting. Every year I have been able to help him cover his ears to drown out the sound, but this year I had to cover the babe's ears. Christian was out of town so Berke was left to his own wee little hands covering his ears, it just wasn't enough. I felt pretty sad that I couldn't help him out, like really sad.
Anyhow, it was a good time, minus the EIGHT groups of men that shot muskets numerous times!!!
We did gather a lot of candy, and ended the parade with a smile. m We played and played outside with Isabel and her family after which was also fun. Isabel has a new baby sister too, she is just one month older than Viv, so it's pretty great to have friends that have children the same age and distance as yours.
Memorial Day picture with the flags. After the parade we headed to the park where Berkeley played parade with shooting muskets, so perhaps he isn't too traumatized?
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