Cherry Blossom Festival Parade

Shawn & Caelan in our Grandstand seats
Have no fear.....
Drummers & dancers from a Japanese university
The Sesame Street Gang
George Clooney?

Shawn, Caelan, myself and a friend of ours from our mom's group & her daughter went to the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade. We were sooooooo lucky, we had gotten tickets from another friend of ours for the grandstands, which were in front of the White House. We had great seats!

The parade started off a little wet then cleared up and the temp was nice. Regardless of the drenching the parade was really fun. We saw performances from Miss America, an American Idol finalist, the Sesame Street gang, dancers of all kinds, a national children's choir and marching bands from around the country. We also saw unicyclists, car clubs, floats and high flying balloons. What a trooper Caelan was, we tried to keep him dry, but he got a sprinklin as well. He watched most of the parade but ended up catching a snooze. ( I know those pounding drums almost put me to sleep as well. Ha!) Oh I almost forgot, we saw George Clooney. (Yeah, a wax statue of him, hee. There's a wax museum here in town that has all kinds of famous people.)

After the parade we walked around DC and got some lunch at a yummy BBQ place then home for a much needed nap.

We can't wait for our next family outing!!!!