Memorial Day & More Bears...

For the past three years our family has made it a tradition to go to the Memorial Day parade our town holds, followed by a short ceremony at the community center, and free hot dogs and soda. Usually Dave is in the parade driving a fire truck for the department he volunteers for. This year, considering the fact that Memorial Day "WAS" my due date, and my increasing discomfort, we opted for him to join us at the parade, rather than be in it. I admit, I did miss seeing him in the parade this year. Julie always enjoys the parade, and especially enjoys collecting the candy that is tossed. I'm so pleased that this year she didn't push another hershey kiss in to her ear, when the noise of a fire truck startled her. That was last year's fiasco. :)
My good friend, Lori, and her son, Max, joined us this year, and the kids had a good time watching the parade together. Here's a couple pictures from our day.

Julie, Max & Alayna

 

More of Julie, Max & Alayna

 

This picture below is of our shed in the back yard. When we were getting in to the van to head to the parade on Monday, I noticed all the trim that was missing from the door. This shed is right next to our kids swing set. The trim damage was the work of a bear!!! We keep our garbage in this shed, and he or she was apparently trying to get in to have a feast. Thankfully the bear must have become frustrated, and gave up, leaving us with much less damage than what could have been. There was also a piece of trim ripped off the back of the shed, as well. Dave has since repaired the damage, and so far the bear has not tried again. It does make me more nervous now about allowing Julie to play outside without me being right with her. She's not thrilled about being outside alone right now either, after seeing the bears for herself. The idea of getting a dog is becoming more appealing...we would get one for sure if I wasn't about to bring a new baby home any day now. Somehow puppy training, and baby training, at the same time does not excite me. :)