Monday, February 11, 2008

A Sunday afternoon in DC

What's cold, windy, and full of Chinese people?

A CHINESE NEW YEAR'S PARADE!!!!!

Sunday, Kelly, Armin, and Jack went to DC for the parade in Chinatown. We also went up with our neighbor Kellie (her husband Fred was out on business) and her two kids, Haley and Noah (Jack and "No-No" are daycare buddies).

As the first line tells ya, it was cold and windy. Kids were bundled, adults weren't. But the kids enjoyed it...they liked the banging drums and animals everywhere.

In case you wondered, it's the Year of the Rat.


This was one of the "teams" that was a dragon. It's the big bundle of yellow on the ground

You can barely see anything, but that's a bundled Jack on the right, Noah is front left, and the blue thing is Haley. Kelly is checking out the Po-po in the background.

That's the "other" Kellie. Armin is just happy to be there.

Jack says, "Yay Taiwan! I consider you an independent nation regardless of what the Communist heathens say!"

This is a Chinese New Year's Parade...or a really bad acid trip.

He wants to be a cowboy...

And you can be his cowgirl...

Seems Jack's Grammy decided to keep a very old pair of cowboy boots that Jack's dad used to wear as a kid. It's bad enough that Jack has shoephilia...leave ANY pair of shoes on the floor, and he'll try them on.

It wouldn't be as bad if he'd at least put pants on.





Enjoying this, Jack?




Which is more fun...no pants or the boots?




Well, after 30 minutes, that's one! At least it's on the correct foot!!!