Sunday, October 05, 2008

Running with the Bulls


So, I volunteered to organize a float from our school and it was fun and Jeff was amazingly helpful. (Even though he flat out refused to be the bull rider but instead opted to be the truck driver.) Our elementary school really is amazing. You shoot out a few emails and the next thing you know, your house is filled with moms making tissue paper flowers! :)

Thanks everyone.
(Dad G. for letting us borrow your trailer, Sheryl for dropping off a sweet yellow shirt and cape the day of the parade, Tasha for finding a matador hat at her church, Nicole, the art teacher, for making the incredible signs, and all the moms, dads, and kids who helped make the flowers and/or walked.)









(This dad, Tom, was an amazing matador.He had to act like he wasn't having any fun, but we know the truth! He had the most props of any float participant and held a rose in his mouth for the entire parade - 45 minutes!)

8 comments:

Julie said...

Very cool! Great job! Looks like you had fun. Thanks for the pictures.
Julie

Patti said...

It was a blast! What's more fun than kids on a float throwing tons of candy? And, the moms had a nice power walk through Clement's Mill! Thanks for spearheading that project, along with the other bazillion things you are doing right now.

Lynn said...

Remember Maria VanderKooy from GRCHS? She just moved back to town with her husband (Jon Uekert) and 4 kids. Her son Joshua is in 2nd grade at Pine Ridge. They're loving the school!

Laurie said...

Yep. I've seen Maria a couple times already this year. She's very nice.

Amanda said...

Oh my goodness! That matador was a real person! You know that in a bullfight they kill it, not ride it, right? ;)

Laurie said...

Yes Amanda, my recently back from Spain friend, I do realize that they kill the bull but I didn't want to make a paper mache' bull so I bought a cowboy bull riding costume and asked the rider to dress like a matador - not a cowboy!

Get it? Got it? Good. :)

Amy said...

Well I have to start by saying that I hate parades!! Your a better mom than me!! That being said...great job it looks super cute and it looks like all the kids had a great time!

MiniMe Mom said...

What parade was this for? I LOVE parades. Looks like they had so much fun:-)