Thursday, after Nick got home from work, we loaded up some hot chocolate and cookies and headed up to the square to take Gabby to her first Athens' Christmas Parade. I never cared too much for it but now that I have a child I want to start the tradition of going. We met Mom, Dad and Nanny up there. We waited for the parade to begin in Lance and Tommy's office(thank you April!) It was freezing! Gabby did pretty well. She stayed all bundled up with Nana Deb.
In a truck beside us, sat a man with his lawn chair and propane heater. Mom and I took bets on whether or not he had a cooler full of "goodies" with him. At first, we thought he knew several people in the parade. It didn't take long to realize he just was reading the signs and yelling,"Hey Christy, Hey Evelyn!" and so on. When the 96.9 van came around he yelled," 96.9! Ya'll are my favorite radio station! Ya'll play the best mix of soft rock around!" By this time, Mom and I were rolling! Mom missed it when the Chick-fil-A van came around because he got up and chanted, " Throw free coupons, throw free coupons!" Nanny went "MIA" so mom went looking for her. We found her sitting on a couch in one of those offices on the square. My niece, Kynsleigh was in the parade for winning, I think "Little Miss Limestone County". I will have to check and make sure. When Gabby saw her, her face lit up! We left shortly after and headed to Village Pizza for supper.
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