At the parade

We all went to watch the miniature float parade this evening. I love our city parade. I can't wait for my boys to be big enough to participate. But this year, we were all happy spectators:



Alex and Dad in hats:




Nancy was happy to be there. Alex had his grump on:



Simon was the best dancer on the sidelines:



Also, (this has nothing to do with the parade) we're thinking we should buy the boys a bigger backyard pool:

Hairbows!

My one regret about not having a daughter is the hairbows. I love the huge flowers, bigger than the baby's face, with a froth of ribbons overwhelming the wispy hair. When my niece came to visit, she brought her hairbows with her, and Ben and Simon were happy to model them.



But you can't put boys in ribbons and flowers. And so here we have Alex in his manly hairbows. I was going to call them hairballs, but that word is already taken. Isn't he cute?