santa claus parade

Went to the Santa Claus parade yesterday. I am still baffled by why the Santa Claus parade takes place only a couple weeks after Hallowe'en. Or perhaps I should be grateful that at least they wait until after. We went with Ruth, Kaarel, Sara, Annie, Andy, Christine, Jen and Elspeth. As usual, we had lunch in the cafeteria on the 8th floor of the Bay, then went down for the long wait.

As Jen pointed out, it's a Canadian tradition for parents (and friends/relatives of the children) to be bored and cold as they wait for the Santa Claus parade, stamping their feet to keep warm and anxiously peering down the street, wondering when the Santa float is going to show up. The reason we all do it, of course, is because of the enthusiasm of the kids, which helps cancel out the jaded cynicism of the adults.

This year, Ruth was just getting over a very bad chest cold so ended up going inside. As a loyal sister, I of course went inside to keep her company. >:-) Jeff and I had brought our portable Shakespeare chairs which we had bought for waiting in line for Lord of the Rings last year, so we gave them to Sara and Annie. Ruth & Kaarel had extra styrofoam pads, so Elspeth used one of those.

As a result of Harry Potter and the parade, I didn't get much writing done over the weekend. Much catching up to do this week, plus I have several writing deadlines.

NaNoWriMo report: 30,933 words written, 19,067 to go. Michelle Southern has added some more of my cartoons to my NaNoGram page.

Hope you all had a great weekend!





Links/News:

One year ago, I waited in line for Harry Potter.

Four years ago, I had a phone conversation with Annie, who was one and a half.

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Today's Blatherpics:

These were taken yesterday while waiting for the Santa Claus parade on Queen Street.

	Sara, bundled up.
	Ruth, Jen, Christine, Andy, Jeff, Kaarel, Sara, Annie & Elspeth.