Fun day

I do believe this year's parade in Esko was the shortest I've ever seen. One minute we're waving at fire trucks and politicians. The next minute we realized that – hey, those cars that are passing with their windows rolled up – they're just regular cars driving down the street. The parade must be over.

Sydney, I noticed, quickly maneuvered herself to sit right next to AJ's bucket of candy. AJ was too busy picking up treats to notice. Our church gets the prize for best handouts. While they threw candy to the older kids, they also had little bags of Goldfish crackers for Sydney-size parade goers.

So despite the brevity of the parade, the candy haul was good, and the youngest two members of our family were happy.

After the parade, we headed to the park for the Lion's Club picnic. The turn-out seemed smaller than in year's past. But along with lunch, they served chocolate cake. Again, the youngest two members of our family were happy.