HOCO 2015

 

of course, big sister was happy to wear her mum & cheer bow to school.

there was a lot of work leading up to tonight's homecoming parade.  daddy handled the structural components of the design - a cage built to fit into this year's circus theme.  the girls helped paint the structure red.  we had a float-decorating party at our house on sunday where big sister's squad came over to help ready things like balloons & signs.  i purchased candy for the squad to throw out during the parade.  little sister's soccer team decided to enter a float also, so that meant more candy, and one more person to get to where she needed to be on parade day.  once the parade started, i was happy to sit along the side of the street and watch all of the magic unfold.

we headed to the parade area around 4pm.  we had to tie the balloons onto the float, add the skirting & signs, and wait for the rest of the squad to arrive.  luckily, another soccer mom picked up little sister from us and took her to her teammates.

little sister's float ended up winning 2nd place in the rec sports division.  her float had both the girls and boys teams that is coached by the same husband-wife team.  i made her a crazy clown bow-tie from the leftover skirting from big sister's float.

you can watch the entire parade here.  big sister's float is around minutes 8:40 - 9:00, and little sister passes by at 13:10 - 13:45.