Old Town Holiday Parade

We have made it a holiday tradition to watch the holiday parade, but this year the city decided to change the route to parade through Old Town. It is a much prettier spot, but we were worried about difficult parking and how difficult finding a spot to sit would be. Matt decided to head down early to block off a spot for our big group to sit. He called me with frequent updates on parking and road closures.Thanks to his decision, we were able to all park right across the street from where he had set up camp and walk the short distance to our seats. I stopped at McDonald's before heading to Old Town and picked up 18 cheeseburgers and 11 medium french fries and brought a case of water to feed our hungry crew.

The girls lined up, munching on dinner before the parade started.

Reanna and Amanda with their mouths full.

Lauren, Madison, Maylie and Taylor

Taylor, Cooper, Zoe and Allison

Joe and Matt entertaining the crowd throughout the parade

The parade had everything from junior high and high school marching bands...

fire, police and other rescue vehicles...

restored and antique cars...

team mascots, including Thunder from the Lake Elsinore storm...

company or team floats...

and of course, SANTA CLAUS!

The weather was pretty warm, the parade was very festive, the kids had a blast and we were home 10 minutes after the parade ended. We couldn't have asked for a better night to kick off the holiday season!