St. Patty's Parade

This weekend, our family walked in the St. Patrick's Day Parade with our Mothers of Multiples group. We were excited to upgrade to a wagon this year, rather than our jogging stroller from last year. With the new mode of transportation, our boys would be able to see better and would be better seen by the crowd. Decorations from the Dollar Store were perfect to spruce up our wagon.

We put Cody and Jaden BOTH in green. (I think it's the first time Cody's ever worn green! Mommy was thrown off a bit all morning in calling out to her boys.)

Our Dollar Store flags were a big hit. We had flag-waving practice for the boys the morning of the parade as well as the day before. Cody was particularly into it.

The leprechaun hats, on the other hand, were not such a big hit. Perhaps Jaden felt that the headbands looked a bit too girly. Not surprisingly, we decided to leave the hats at home.

 The morning of the parade was a bit cool-- temps in the upper 30's with a chilly breeze. After bundling up with coats, hats, and blankets, though, we were just fine. Our boys were ready to go!

Gotta love the sign in the background. :)

Our Mothers of Multiples group had a much smaller showing compared with last year. There were five sets of twins (including our boys) and a few singleton (I think only twin-moms ever use this word!) siblings.

Despite our practice in advance, neither boy was very excited about waving his flag in the parade. Both Jaden and Cody seemed to be enthralled with all the noises and activity around them.

Husband-of-the-year Jason walked along with us, often holding the sign that advertised the spring Mothers of Multiples garage sale. Only one parade onlooker good-naturedly yelled out to Jason, "Hey, you're not a mother of multiples!" :) Other dads were walking along with our group as well, so I don't think he felt too out of place. We were very glad Daddy was with us!

For the first half of the parade, my primary job was handing out fliers advertising our garage sale to the crowds along the street. During the second half, though, we ran out of fliers, so I could just hold the mom sign while Jason pulled the boys.

We were pleased that Jaden and Cody stayed content all morning. They seemed a bit tired by the end but remained awake the whole time, too. Plus, despite a weather forecast of rain in the morning, the weather stayed dry. Hooray! We've also been blessed with much warmer temps (even in the 50s) during the past week, so our piles of snow along the streets have all melted. It all made for a great Montana day for a parade!