Labor Day weekend is when our town celebrates its heritage with what we call Tomato Days. There are all sorts of activities and a rodeo, as well as a parade and firework show.
I opted out of Tomato Days this year (except for the firework display – we could comfortably see that from our drive-way). I was feeling a bit too pregnant to go out around people and still be nice. However, I wanted the boys to go and Kevin, in his usual wonderfulness, took the boys for me.
It was a drizzly day, but the boys didn’t care. There was a parade to be seen and parade candy to be collected! Tommy was most excited about the parade. He danced and bounced and squealed about each float and horse that went by!
After the parade, Kevin took the boys to the park. They looked at some booths and got to do a couple of rides. They all rode the train. I’m not sure how many more years Ricky will fit on this little thing!
Waiting their turn …
Ricky was big enough to try the rock climbing wall. He didn’t make it as far up the wall as he wanted, but that was just more incentive for him to come home and work on our monkey bars!
Then they sat down with some lunch and waited for the Dog Races to begin. We love the dog races. They do make me miss Trouble and Daisy, but they are just so dang fun to watch!
And the waiting can be pretty fun, too!
No baby contest this year … but next year we’ll have a one year old ready to wipe out the competition!
