Last night April (Aunt A-po) & Wilder came over and MorMor went with us to see the fireworks as part of Golden Valley Days (5th Annual!). Golden Valley is the suburb right across I-394 to the north of us. It's city hub is closer to us than a lot of things in St. Louis Park, so we've been there a little bit. It's a nice little community on the edge of Minneapolis, like St. Louis Park. We didn't have big expectations for the fireworks. They were good--just short. Which was good, because Nils wasn't too fond of the noises. He didn't even care for the displays that didn't have a lot of noise, which surprised me because he tends to like lights. But it was a nice outing.
This morning we headed up for the parade. It was a regular small town parade in most aspects. There weren't big flashy floats. The entries were mostly churches, sports teams and a few businesses. Surprisingly, there was a big lack of political representatives or candidates. The Pillsbury Dough Boy (we really have no idea what he was supposed to be affiliated with in the parade) was a big hit for Nils. Anders has been admiring the John Deere Big Tricycle for a while (it's parked in a yard on our route to the park in Golden Valley), but it was fun to see it in action. Candy was passed out (handed to us, not thrown for the most park). And people greeted those they recognized. The end of the parade was the new vehicles purchases by the city recently. Anders finally got a big truck to respond to his "semi-truck horn-honking request motion". One of the funny parts is that the intersection that we were near was still running. The parade would stop when the light turned red so that cross-traffic could go through.
After the parade we stopped at the park for a little play time and then back for lunch before MorMor's ride left back to Wisconsin. Tomorrow we explore our next church. We're looking forward to it--and Sunday as a whole.
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