may days parade

On Sudnay we trudged down to the fairgrounds to take in the May Days celebrations http://www.ladnermaydays.org. Alex really wanted to ride the Dodge'em Cars, but I was unable to go with him on Friday night, so I promised that Ashley would take him on Sunday when we came down for the parade. Alex liked the ride until he got bumped the first time - oh well, that box has been ticked now.
North Americans appear to be pretty enthusiastic about their parades and never seem to miss an opportunity to bung one on. There was a Holloween parade, Thanksgiving parade, Chistmas parade, Easter Parade and they are just the ones I heard about after the fact.
Well we made sure we remembered to attend this one and it was actaully alot of fun. The whole thing was about local people and businesses. It was a great show of community spirit and pride, something that was really missing in Flagstaff Hill, not that we were unware of that when living there.
So many lollies were handed out that we had to start hiding them so Alex and Olivia wouldn't eat them. It was not as elaborate as the David Jones Christmas Pagent by any means, but it was accessible at the local level; familiar faces and enough roadside space for the kids to actaully see the goings on, and almost anyone with an association to Ladner could take part. Alex said his favourite bit was seeing "the playgroup lady" in the parade - he even waved to her, which is very unlike him.