"You'll be the finest fellow in the 'Little Britches' parade!"

The Maxwell kids and Buck at the Little Britches Parade

The Maxwells actually have a folding seat that has 6 places (numbered) which are all connected. Very cute.

The parade had some pretty good floats for a small community parade.

Made us miss Huntington Beach and the 4th of July. Got a lot of use out of the "leave it to beaver" parade story.

Emily Maxwell is the eldest in the family. She's an amazing babysitter and also a fun girl. Buck loves her.

Last weekend was really busy for us, so I forgot to post about the "Little Britches" Victoria Day parade that takes place annually about an hour from here in a town named "High River." High River ironically has a river flooding after the 7 days of rain we've just had. That doesn't have too much to do with the parade, but it's worth mentioning, I think. There is actually a lot of flooding around here which the farmers need but our 1/2 finished backyard does not.

I digress (don't I always?)...High River is also the town where a new good friend of mine was born and raised. She now lives here in Calgary with her husband and 6 children. The Maxwell family. My friend's name is Elizabeth and her family is the crowd I use to socialize my only child (ha. ha. Like he needs to learn any more social behavior!). Elizabeth is just a crazy, very fun person & RKZ and her hub are starting to become friends (golf is a God-send for men, I think). So, we went to the High River "Little Britches" parade with their entire family (minus one relatively crabby pre-teen son who had no interest in standing and waiting for candy to be thrown at him).

Here are the pictures.

RKZ's brother, Uncle, is coming at 2pm today. Get ready for pictures every day and the adventure to go with them. RKZ (and all of us) are really excited!