Saturday evening we drove down to Norfolk for their Grand Illumination Parade. We went to this last year as well, but watched from Brad's building since Lorelei was so little. We were excited to see it up close this time! We knew from last year that the crowds start quick, so we were planning to get their very early, and ran behind but thankfully found a good spot for us all to sit, but the streets were filling up quickly at 5:30, when the parade started at 7. :) We were also very thankful that it was not as cold! We even got to enjoy the first part of it without our coats on.
The Bonfiglios and Checks joined us for the parade which made it all the more fun. The kids were doing some dancing with the "pre-parade entertainment", which were some cheerleaders, and Lorelei ended up falling head-first on the street and getting a decent bruise on her forehead...preventing us from getting our Christmas pictures taken at the beach Sunday as we hoped...will reschedule though! She was also amused by the dog mascot that was walking around.
Then we got to count down for the city to light up their Christmas lights for the season...which was fun, but the buildings we were sitting around didn't seem all that exciting when they lit up. We enjoyed the many different floats and bands for the parade. I put together a little slide show of the night that has a few more details from the parade on it. Enjoy!
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