Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Norfolk Grand Illumination Parade

Saturday night was the Norfolk Grand Illumination Parade. Chris, Cody and I went. I hadn't been in years. We had such a great time as a family. At first Cody was not sure what all the fuss was about, but after he saw the first horse, he was totally in to it.
Things I forgot:
*That I put Cody's gloves IN his diaper bag, so I put mine on him and let my hands freeze. Once we got back to the car and I found them, I felt like a retard.
*To pick a place to meet the Schrodts. We never found them, put were both able to have a great time on our own.
*My camera. I could have kicked myself. Hence no pictures! :)
Things I remembered:
*HOT COFFEE!!!!
*Lots of layers!
Things I loved:
*Seeing the twinkle in Cody's eye at his first real glimpse of Christmas! He recognized Santa. He loved the huge balloons. The horses were without a doubt his favorite! He waved until his arm was about to fall off.
*Amazing family time.
*Getting to walk down the middle of Waterside Drive. It was so weird!
We will definitely go back next year! What a blast!

8 comments:

Jen said...

I've gotten one of those crescenet comments before- what are they? I wish we could have gone - hopefully we'll all be healthy next year. At least you've scoped it out and know what to do now. Ready for Williamsburg? Glad it was so much fun for Cody - he's so cute!

Jayne said...

SIGH! I hated to miss the parade, and of course everyone's blog about it makes me even more sad. Glad you all enjoyed a special holiday tradition as a family.

Natalie said...

Fun, fun, fun! We were sick so we watched on TV. Glad you had the chance to experience it first hand!

Katy said...

We'll be better about the plan next year, right??? It was so fun - just would have been even FUNNER if we had found each other! :)

dandsratz said...

Jessica...I love how you wrote this blog...what you loved, etc! How fun to read!! It was a great parade! That precious little Cody is so adorable!! I can just imagine his little curls enjoying the show so!! :)

Katy said...

PS - I'm getting very excited about Williamsburg!!! :)

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