When I was just about to start the cake for the big party tomorrow Adam called… I had forgotten the Christmas parade!!! It was one of my advent-calender and birthday gifts to Leilani, and she had forgotten to open the advent-calender so I had not gotten my reminder. I dropped everything, we jumped in the car and got there before traffic got too bad, we had dinner at the Kauai Chinese Barbecue and the kids played in the trees before it started.
The Lihue Christmas Parade is a fun local tradition where local organizations make simple floats on trucks and flatbed trailers, usually with a holiday theme and a generator to run a lot of lights. There is actually a second light parade later in the season in Waimea town.
Andy (who was on the mainland) says: I’m still not sure what’s going on in this picture:
It’s still not that great of a photo, but before it had no color whatsoever in Leilani’s face and hat, so I’m pretty proud of it.
People on the floats throw candy to the kids, who then run around collecting it all. Some save it for later, some give it to their friends, and others put it right in their mouth.
