How long have I lived here? Not long enough apparently! Richfield has a Christmas Light Parade every year. Maybe I blocked out the mention of it—I probably thought it would be too cold, my kids were too little, or it couldn’t possibly be any fun. I was wrong on 2 of those counts. It was bitterly cold, but we had a fun time anyway. It was scheduled to start at 6 so we left our house around 5:30. I wanted to find a place so we could see the parade well. It was a little hard finding a decent parking place, but we found a great one! A few years ago, Richfield City improved Main Street by putting in beautiful flower beds in raised cement thingies. (can’t think of the right word! lol) Since it was so cold, there was an empty planter with plenty of seating. And so we waited!
Terrible picture, but you get the idea! About 10 minutes before the parade lots of people showed up. I’m glad we already had our seats! Next year, though, we will take an old blanket so we don’t have to sit on the cement directly. We all had frozen bums!
See this boy? This is a boy who thinks he knows he knows more than his mama. See what he’s wearing? Shorts, sandals and a thin jacket! I warned him and he fought me so I decided to just let him suffer the consequences. And he did suffer! He was freezing! And he had to spend most of the time in the car. Did he learn to listen to his mom? Only time will tell…..
The parade itself was fun! Lots of lights and Santa at the end! The best part was the Fire Dept. truck. They set off huge fireworks from the back of their truck! Some of the fireworks didn’t go into the sky very far and embers landed on the roofs of some of the businesses! It was cool but I’m glad nothing started on fire! Crazy. We can’t wait for next year!
