Happy Fourth of July!

Dahlia's parents have lived in the Tarrytown neighborhood of Austin for over three years. Every Fourth of July, they have slept in and enjoyed the day off. With all that sleeping, they had no idea that an annual parade was passing by just a few blocks north of their house! Since Dahlia prefers to wake up at 6am to celebrate every holiday and weekend, this year she took her lazy parents to the "I love Tarrytown Fourth of July" parade.

Lining up to watch the parade:





There was a fire truck to kick things off, followed by girl scouts, cub scouts, and all sorts of other groups parading in their cars (modern and antique). The highlight was the tradition where everybody in the procession would throw candy at the viewers. Note the kids in the background (and the parents shouting, "go get candy...but watch out for the cars!"). Dahlia can't wait until she can join in on the candy-collecting fun.

Other than that, it was a lovely weekend of hanging around town. Trying on the cowgirl hat:

Giggling with mom and dad:



..and mom and dad, celebrating their fourth anniversary (hooray for babysitters!):