Ellie’s diabetes camp was quickly followed by Myrtle Beach. Then, we had about a week of time before we had out of state family entertaining us for a week (post coming soon). In that week “lull” we found some fun things to do….
The library sponsored an animal show at Secrest Arboretum one night. Ellie had seen this guy at school toward the end of the year and said it was good. There were a lot of kids/people there, but we just squeezed right in. We took Sam with us – which I love that as a freshmen he is still willing to come with us to these types of things… not sure how long that will last. Ben and Cale met us there; Landen really wanted to come, but he got a horrible headache and had to sit it out. The guy did a great job telling about the animals and allowing kids to come up and interact with them. Snakes, a rabbit, an armadillo, a tortoise, a chinchilla, and more. It was fun.
Ellie is involved with Stirrup Courage, equine therapy program. They decided to walk in the Orrville parade on a Wednesday night and were looking for kids and their families to walk with them. We had been in the Dalton Holiday Parade with 4-H, so we added one more to our list.
The parade route is long (2 miles?) . There are lots of people. We had a couple horses that walked ahead of us. Jeremy volunteered to be the pooper scooper – brave man if you ask me! The girls tossed melt away peppermints. I held a sign and passed out brochures.
It was a lot of fun, but the wait to start the parade was long. The parade stepped off at 7pm. We did not leave the parking lot until almost 8:15pm. It was amazing how long it took to get everyone through. The general consensus was it was fun to be in the parade, but they missed watching it.. and getting the candy.
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