We woke up this morning in this great country, in a time of peace and freedom, and we are so glad! And today we get to celebrate that fact, and honor those who have fought to make it true.
Memorial Day = Parade to us, so since we couldn't go to a parade, such as the Hamilton, New Jersey Memorial Day Parade (our favorite), we decided to do our other version of this tradition, and have our own at home. It took some convincing to get Strider to go along with it this year.... I had to get out our old photo albums and show him how much fun we've had in years past. The last time we had done this was 4 years ago, so I told him, "Let's just make it our every-4-years-tradition!" He said, "Ok -- but I'm NOT doing it again in 4 more years!" So this was our last one in which everyone will participate I guess. Here's how it looked:
Memorial Day = Parade to us, so since we couldn't go to a parade, such as the Hamilton, New Jersey Memorial Day Parade (our favorite), we decided to do our other version of this tradition, and have our own at home. It took some convincing to get Strider to go along with it this year.... I had to get out our old photo albums and show him how much fun we've had in years past. The last time we had done this was 4 years ago, so I told him, "Let's just make it our every-4-years-tradition!" He said, "Ok -- but I'm NOT doing it again in 4 more years!" So this was our last one in which everyone will participate I guess. Here's how it looked:
They decided to sing the U.S. President's song.... we had a hard time coming up with a good, patriotic song. Strider thought "Take Me Out To The Ballpark" was the best choice, but it got vetoed.
And just for fun, here's a picture from our "Memorial Day Parade of 2004":
May, 2004
What a difference 4 years makes!
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