Christmas Parade

On Saturday afternoon we went to the Franklin Christmas Parade.  This was the first time we've ever gone.  In the past we always had a conflict or it was just horrible weather.  Saturday was a little chilly but manageable.

We got downtown early, did a little shopping, and then got a spot about 40 minutes before the parade started (plus the time it took to get to us - we were about halfway through the route).

The boys did pretty good waiting for the parade to start.  Grayson snoozed in his stroller until about midway through the parade when he got fussy and I had to get him out.

The parade was pretty long - probably about 45 minutes.  There were a lot businesses advertising themselves, marching bands, dance groups, firetrucks, beauty pageant winners, other organizations (like Girl Scouts), and random things like this reindeer.

The big boys' favorite part was the candy that a lot of groups threw out.  They filled up one of their hats with everything they got.

The best float (by far) was the one advertising Ashbusters Chimney Services.  It was awesome!

And I loved the end.  They were shooting fake snow out to go along with Santa's float.  It was really, really cool.

The parade was fun and we'll definitely go again.  We even saw people we knew on one of the floats!