"this town is just crazy!"

were the exact words lela uttered as we came off the marta train and up onto the street covered with dragon-con participants. this is something i've always wanted to do is see the dragon-con parade and this morning it finally happened! talk about fun! it was a blast! i honestly felt like i lived in a different world. despite the fact we had a slight little drizzle of rain right before the start of the parade the weather ended up being very nice and cool. in fact at one point i thought to myself i needed a light jacket. we saw everything - harry potter, darth vader, stormtroopers, jedi knights, faeries, superman, batman, batgirl, creatures from the nether world, pirates and the list goes on and on.

if i ever participated in anything like that, i decided that the two things i would love to dress up as 1. stormtrooper from the orginial star wars (hum, i wonder where i could find one) and 2. batgirl. i can remember as a little girl watching batman with adam west and dreaming of being batgirl riding around on her purple motorcycle fighting alongside the cape crusader and the boy wonder. ah, those were the days!

it was just so funny seeing all those people dressed up. one group in the parade which just cracked me up was a group that had signs hanging around their necks with different initals such as Na - sodium, H - helium, and O - oxygen. they were representing the periodic table of elements. i had to laugh because who in the world would come up with an idea like that? a few thoughts came to mind, but i won't say because yes, at one point in my life i did consider majoring in chemistry...briefly.

i will say that if you want some free entertainment, definitely checkout the dragon-con parade. it is definitely worth it!!!! you'll see it all.

parade princesses

our neighborhood had a children's 4th of july parade this morning. we decorated the jeep for the girls so they could ride through the neighborhood waving flags. needless to say they got to our house and ditched the jeep only to walk. i was informed by the girls that some of the neighbors had been giving candy out as the parade walked by...oh, i'm sorry my bad. next year i'll do better.