Frisco Community Parade

This past Saturday was the Frisco Community Parade, which is one of the biggest parades in Frisco. It is always the second Saturday in November so it is a combination Homecoming parade for the high schools & Veterans Day parade. Frisco has 7 high schools now so imagine how long the parade was with 7 football teams, 7 cheerleaders, 7 bands & 7 drill teams. Frisco ISD made an appearance in the parade, which meant Bryan got to be in the parade, which meant Sadie & I got to be in the parade! They didn't have a float or anything fancy. Basically they had one of the Frisco ISD maintenance trucks drive in the parade with a banner. Bryan & a couple of the other board members walked the parade route shaking hands & passing out candy. I may have had the best seat in the house because I rode on the tailgate in the back of the truck throwing the candy :) Sadie got to go for a leisurely stroll in her jogging stroller with her Dad.

 

We got to the staging area early & Sadie was a bit overwhelmed because there was so much to see. Right by us was the Sports Clip float & I didn't know if I should be concerned or not because all of the girls on the float knew who Bryan was:

 

 

I guess you can say he is a regular! By this time, Sadie had warmed up to all of the commotion & she wanted to run around & see everything, so she didn't understand why we were making her stay in the truck with us. So much for a family picture.....

 

 

But she quickly calmed down when the parade took off. She was so cute waving to everyone & she enjoyed going for a stroll.

 

 

She even lucked out & got a lollipop to suck on while her Dad was passing out candy to everyone else:

 

 

But she was not happy when the parade was over. The parade route went through downtown Frisco but we parked at Toyota Stadium, so when we made it through downtown & the parade was over, we all hopped in the back of the truck to get a ride back to our car. You would think this would be fun for a 2 year old - to ride in the back of a truck with the wind in your face. Not so much. She wanted to run around the back of the truck while it was moving & she was not very happy that her Dad & I had to hold her in our laps. I think this picture pretty much sums it up:

 

 

I know - this picture is classic, right? Her wind blown hair, tears streaming down her face with a blue mouth? If she only knew how lucky she was to be the parade. Maybe next year will go better.....