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… The Church of Beethoven
Belly Dancers
The Ernest Hemmingway Foundation of Oak Park
Happy birthday, America.
Rebecca
July 5, 2011 at 12:10 pmHappy 4th of July! Good way to participate & care for August. Hope you had a great time!
Alicia
July 5, 2011 at 12:17 pmLooks like a fun parade!
Danielle@NewlywedsParadise
July 5, 2011 at 12:22 pmI must say, your hair looked awesome!
Amanda
July 5, 2011 at 12:24 pmHa! I LOVE the library ladies with their carts!
Making it Lovely
July 5, 2011 at 12:26 pmBrandon said that they did a whole choreographed routine with them!
kim/reluctant renovator
July 5, 2011 at 3:29 pmThat. Is. Awesome.
Sarah S
July 5, 2011 at 3:33 pmThat’s totally a librarian thing – I think they have a contest every year at ALA (the big library conference).
Your Mother
July 5, 2011 at 4:36 pma whole choreographed routine? Saucy librarians :) !
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Cindy
July 5, 2011 at 12:57 pmThose library ladies look awesome!
Jillian
July 5, 2011 at 4:58 pmThis 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. :-/
bethany
July 5, 2011 at 7:06 pmI 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?
claire@gibsonking
July 5, 2011 at 7:22 pmyuppp those library ladies are fantastic…and you too of course!!!
Kate
July 5, 2011 at 7:22 pmI 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. :)
Miss B.
July 5, 2011 at 8:31 pmThis is so darn cute! I love that you were in a parade:)
J.
July 5, 2011 at 9:03 pmI think one of the belly dancers is the vet at the Cat Practice (on Chicago Ave.).
Mrs. Kinne
July 5, 2011 at 10:04 pmThe 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!”
Amanda Z.
July 5, 2011 at 10:06 pmLaughed 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!
Amanda
July 6, 2011 at 1:31 pmCute Baby Hawk! It’s always fun to see another baby wearing mama out and about with a fun carrier!
Juliana Nocker
July 6, 2011 at 10:21 pmMy 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!
Jane
July 7, 2011 at 12:09 pmLooks 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.
Anne
July 8, 2011 at 7:39 pmYou have a fantastic little community – just got that from the parade pictures. I LOVE the librarians with their book carts! So awesome!