The Memorial Day Parade

Every year on Memorial Day, the city of Long Beach has a parade to honor our veterans. The parade goes right past our house, so we take our chairs outside and watch the parade. When Nick was little he was afraid of the noises, and he would not go outside. He would run into his room and hide until the music was all gone.

Mommy remembered 2007, that was the first year that Nick came outside to watch the parade. Nick wore his American Flag t-shirt and a flag inspired hat he made at school. A man walked by and gave Nick a flag that he waved in the air when people walked by.

In 2008 Nick was very happy about the parade. Nick wore his I LOVE NY t-shirt, and again, a man walked by and gave Nick a flag. Mommy brought Nick's trampoline outside, and Nick jumped and waved the flag as people were walking by.

In 2009 Nick wore his American stripes bathing suit.

But this year Nick was wearing his red USA t-shirt and his big Uncle Sam hat.

Mommy wore a little Uncle Sam hat that matched Nick's big Uncle Sam hat. We looked so funny together!

Lots of people in the parade shouted out to us, "Hey! Great Hats!"

Memorial Day

On Monday there was no school. It was a holiday called Memorial Day, so mommy and Nick made a special cake that looked like a flag.

Mommy put a flag on the table so we could copy the colors. We made a white cake and put blue and red berries on top. Nick did such a good job helping.

Then mommy showed Nick pictures from last year. Every year on Memorial Day there is a parade that goes past our house. When Nick was little he was scared of the parade. He would hide in his room. As he got big he learned to watch from the window, and then from behind the fence. For the last two years Nick has come outside to watch the parade.

We see police officers and soldiers in their uniforms. We also see kids from all of the Long Beach schools. Some are in marching band and some wave big flags. When kids from The Middle School walked by someone shouted "hi Nick!"

The Long Beach fire trucks were in the parade too.

When the parade was all done mommy said "what a perfect day it was for a parade, you did a great job today!"