Canada Day 2013

The Connolley's wore their red and white and headed down to the annual Canada Day parade in Airdrie.  We set out early to get a curb side spot (this is very important to me!) on foot, as parking can be a huge nightmare.  Turns out Canada Day was going to be a scorcher this year and we were a sweaty mess... a happy sweaty mess but still very sweaty!
It has also become sort of a tradition to spend this wonderful day celebrating with our dear friends the Gordays.  What's better than kids, BBQs, friends and fun... nothing!  

Our favorite parade spot is just down the curb from the Farrell family's favourite parade spot.  Sam with two of his buddies!

Spencer climbing up Shaun to get a better view of the street.  Happy first Canada Day Spencey! 

A couple of our favourite Canadians!

Beautiful boy, happy momma!

There was tons of fun to see at the parade.  It's actually a really great one with bands (though my fav local teenage band wasn't in it this year... WTH!) and horses and rodeo princesses and dogs and candy and tractors... allllll the good stuff.  Oh, and don't forget the shiners!  They had crazy little airplanes this year.  Sam waved and said Happy Canada Day to every single float/group that passed!

This puppy looped back around and snagged Sam and Logan from the crowd of kids for a hug.  He knows some cool kids when he sees them!

Our walk home took MUCH longer than we expected and our little man couldn't hold out.   Hot day and too much fun is definitely tiring!  It was ok to have a nap today since we had a fabulous play with the Gordays including some sprinkler under the trampoline fun.

Look at these two faces... am I the luckiest girl in the world or what!!!  We are patiently waiting for the fireworks to start.  Sam had a bunch of hilarious one liners while we waited... "I see some birds.  Maybe the fireworks will shoot out of their mouths."  "Look an airplane.  I think it's going to Banff."  He also had a couple glow in the dark bracelets that he was using to tell time.  Firework time that is.  Seems silly, but it was brilliant.

Beautiful.  Such a great show.  One of my very favourite things about Canada Day.

Just watching and loving it.  He told us it was "awesome".

Though I want to see many other places in this huge world of ours, I'm so glad that I call Canada home.  I feel blessed to live in a country of freedom and opportunity and that my child will never have to fight to attend school or struggle to get medical care.  A land of beautiful landscapes, sunshine and snow, Tim Hortons, peace and dreams.  Our true north strong and free...