If there's one thing I absolutely love about summer,
it's festivals!
I love the parades, streets lined with vendors, kids' activities, warm weather, horribly fattening food, patriotism, etc.
One thing that makes up for our lame winters out here (no snow, just cold and dead trees)
is that our warm weather starts really early!
So the festivals have started, too.
Last week we headed to Dover for "Dover Days."
What I should have expected (but didn't) was how people dressed up.
In Utah people celebrate heritage by dressing up as pioneers.
Out here, it's all colonial--looks like the American Revolution.
Complete with wigs, three-corner hats, big poofy dresses, the long jackets with short white pants and stockings, you get the idea.
So cool!
They had a parade, maypole dancing, a Civil War and WWII encampment, tours of old colonial buildings, vendors and tons of food.
It was so fun to get out and soak up some sun and American heritage!
Warning: way too many pictures ahead.
This vendor won our "coolest idea ever" award.
It was a baby changing station!
Complete with a complimentary diaper, wipes, hand sanitizer, changing pad and garbage cans!
Wow, when did we become so lame?
We thought it was awesome. :)
Their way of getting people to stay longer, I guess.
Rallying the troops. :)
The other festival we've been to recently was the kite festival on the beach in Ocean City.
We got there pretty late in the afternoon, so we missed a bunch, but it was still fun to see all the crazy kites!
They had competitions where two, three and four kites would do routines and try to stay in sync with each other.
The festival was sponsored, judged and everything.
Who knew kite flying was such an intense hobby?
Our favorite kite was the huge jellyfish just hanging there with its tentacles(?) floating in the air.
There's a section along the boardwalk that always has some kind of Christ centered sand castle.
I don't know who or what church does it, but it's pretty cool.
This one was especially neat because of the Easter season.
We love taking Jaden to the beach!
We can't wait for summer!
We're off to a great start already!!
I love the parades, streets lined with vendors, kids' activities, warm weather, horribly fattening food, patriotism, etc.
One thing that makes up for our lame winters out here (no snow, just cold and dead trees)
is that our warm weather starts really early!
So the festivals have started, too.
Last week we headed to Dover for "Dover Days."
What I should have expected (but didn't) was how people dressed up.
In Utah people celebrate heritage by dressing up as pioneers.
Out here, it's all colonial--looks like the American Revolution.
Complete with wigs, three-corner hats, big poofy dresses, the long jackets with short white pants and stockings, you get the idea.
So cool!
They had a parade, maypole dancing, a Civil War and WWII encampment, tours of old colonial buildings, vendors and tons of food.
It was so fun to get out and soak up some sun and American heritage!
Warning: way too many pictures ahead.
This vendor won our "coolest idea ever" award.
It was a baby changing station!
Complete with a complimentary diaper, wipes, hand sanitizer, changing pad and garbage cans!
Wow, when did we become so lame?
We thought it was awesome. :)
Their way of getting people to stay longer, I guess.
Rallying the troops. :)
The other festival we've been to recently was the kite festival on the beach in Ocean City.
We got there pretty late in the afternoon, so we missed a bunch, but it was still fun to see all the crazy kites!
They had competitions where two, three and four kites would do routines and try to stay in sync with each other.
The festival was sponsored, judged and everything.
Who knew kite flying was such an intense hobby?
Our favorite kite was the huge jellyfish just hanging there with its tentacles(?) floating in the air.
There's a section along the boardwalk that always has some kind of Christ centered sand castle.
I don't know who or what church does it, but it's pretty cool.
This one was especially neat because of the Easter season.
We love taking Jaden to the beach!
We can't wait for summer!
We're off to a great start already!!
You live in such an awesome place!
ReplyDeletelooks like you're having so much fun! I just read your post about Jaden, how scary!! I am so glad he's okay now! That must have been so hard, you are an awesome mom!
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