Labor Day

We are starting to develop some Labor Day traditions in our family.  They are:
1)Dave works on Labor Day (boo-hoo)
2)Someone gets sick (boo-hoo, again)

The girls have been enjoying school but were definitely feeling tired from the demands of their new schedules so they were more than ready for a three day weekend.  Unfortunately, Ashley woke up sick on Saturday morning with a horrible head cold, fever and sore throat.  Luckily, after staying home for two days she was feeling a lot better on Monday.  So as Dave got ready for work, the girls and I decided last minute to make a mad dash over to the Naperville Labor Day Parade.

We had never been to the parade before so I didn't know what to expect in terms of crowds, parking etc.  Fortunately, we got very lucky with parking and just followed the crowd to the parade route.  The girls sat on the curb and I stood behind them, pretty good seats for showing up 10 minutes before the parade started.

The weather was perfect and the girls got tons of candy and hand outs from all the parade entries.  We left with a big bag of candy, beach balls, frisbees, pencils, etc.  One group even passed out popsicles.  I also had a good time and got a personal "thank you" and shout-out from the Illinois Attorney General--it may have been something to do with the fact that as the only Democrat around I gave her a hand and a cheer in the midst of a somewhat "unfriendly" crowd.  Seriously, some guy was trying to heckle her and I just couldn't stand to let him speak for me.  Plus, I have a responsibility to raise my children to be good Democrats!

Anyhoo, the girls loved the parade and had lots of fun, so I am sure we are going to have to add that to our Labor Day traditions.

After the parade, we went to TGI Fridays for lunch and then went to the discount movie theater to see Ramona and Beezus.  What a cute movie; perfect for my girls, who happen to be my very own version of Ramona and Beezus.

We had a very nice day, but we did miss Dave.