I was in the Oak Park Fourth of July Parade with my Derby Lite ladies yesterday! August is too little to be away from mama for too long, so I walked the parade with him in a mei tai.
Brandon took these photos while watching from the sidelines with Eleanor. More highlights from the parade below…
Happy birthday, America.
22 comments
Anne
You have a fantastic little community – just got that from the parade pictures. I LOVE the librarians with their book carts! So awesome!
Jane
Looks like a great parade! We were in Morton Grove, which, sadly, wasn’t quite as exciting. Beyond a dominatrix-looking color guard from Toledo, a camel, a llama & a pony, it was the standard-issue 4th of July.
Juliana Nocker
My hometown! I love Oak Park…looks like it is still as charming as ever. We now live in LA but are visiting Chicago in 2 weeks and the first place I will go is to Johnnie’s for an Italian beef & lemon ice!
Amanda
Cute Baby Hawk! It’s always fun to see another baby wearing mama out and about with a fun carrier!
Amanda Z.
Laughed out loud at the librarians!! I really really love hometown parades, we try to go every year to our Thanksgiving parade here in St. Louis. Shriners in their tiny cars! Giant shopping cart!
Mrs. Kinne
The picture of you next to the “Derby Lite” sign is awesome. When your kids grow up, they will look at that picture and say, “Look how cool Mom was!”
J.
I think one of the belly dancers is the vet at the Cat Practice (on Chicago Ave.).
Miss B.
This is so darn cute! I love that you were in a parade:)
Kate
I love it! Thanks for posting these .. I’m from OP originally, but I live in the D.C. area now, so tidbits of home are always welcome. :)
claire@gibsonking
yuppp those library ladies are fantastic…and you too of course!!!
bethany
I think those Belly Dancer’s were in the San Diego St. Patrick’s Day Parade. ;-)
Which leads me to wonder? When did Belly Dancer’s become parade material?
Jillian
This parade looks like so much fun!!! LOVE the library ladies and that your town has an Ernest Hemingway club!! My city does nothing like this. :-/
Cindy
Those library ladies look awesome!
Amanda
Ha! I LOVE the library ladies with their carts!
Making it Lovely
Brandon said that they did a whole choreographed routine with them!
Your Mother
a whole choreographed routine? Saucy librarians :) !
Sarah S
That’s totally a librarian thing – I think they have a contest every year at ALA (the big library conference).
kim/reluctant renovator
That. Is. Awesome.
Danielle@NewlywedsParadise
I must say, your hair looked awesome!
Alicia
Looks like a fun parade!
Rebecca
Happy 4th of July! Good way to participate & care for August. Hope you had a great time!
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