Macy’s After-Thanksgiving Day Parade Pics

We found a spot to watch Portland’s Macy’s After-Thanksgiving Day Parade yesterday morning that wasn’t too crowded (though the crowds really aren’t that large anyway, in comparison to Lakeland, FL where the entire city comes out for that event!). This year, we actually got there on time! Ethan got a huge kick out of it, and I guess Hubby did too since he took pictures of every single float

We then went to find the Victorian carolers at the mall, only to catch them walking in as we were leaving. Did we follow them back in? Oh yes, we did: all the way through the 3 story, 4 block mall while they scoped out the right spot to get started (or so we thought) only to be lead to the bathrooms in the food court. At that point, we gave up! We caught the streetcar up to NW 23rd where there were way less shoppers (a good thing) and found a diner that served kids for only $1.99! I was expecting Ethan’s order to be teeny weeny, but was very happy to see him finish the adult sized plate of scrambled eggs, bacon and 3 pancakes (apple juice included) for only $1.99. Amazing!

After that, we were happy to head home and watch movies for the evening, (though it meant we missed standing in the freezing cold -to us Floridians- to wait for the Christmas Tree Lighting at Pioneer Square… some things you just learn to let go )

I also added a few random pics from the last few months at the beginning that I found on Hubby’s cell phone:
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