Memorial Day parade

The audience for this year's Memorial Day parade was a little smaller, because Emma and Dad and I all walked in the parade instead of just watching. Emma twirled along the route with her dance class, and I marched with the Boy Scouts. The only way we could be more American is if we tatooed the flag on our arms (don't worry, we did not). 

We had a pretty big crowd for the scouts, but we gave out all our candy in the first 200 yards of the parade route. At least those youngsters were really, really happy. 

And Emma's troupe won a first-place prize for their performance! Not sure how they managed to dance after walking a mile in all that sun, but they were impressive.