Homecoming...

Friday was Homecoming, (a bit earlier than usual). This year they changed things up a bit and held coronation after the parade (previous years it was on Monday night) I decided to take my older daycare kids and not only attend the parade (we have been doing that for years) but also the coronation. Good idea in theory...not sure what possessed me to think 6 preschoolers would enjoy sitting thru an hour of talking. Sigh, it was interesting to say the least, and in case that wasn't enough let's remember that it was during nap time and some of those little people certainly needed their nap. We sat in an area full of middle school age kids, they lasted about 15 minutes into the program not sure why those who plan these things don't remember that kids don't care to listen to long drawn out speeches on pretty much anything, actually neither do most adults. That night I took Anthony and Alonso to the football game, and of course manged to sit in the section of die hard football fans, sigh. It was a long night! a very long night. Anthony asked why the people on the field kept staying at the one end, "why don't they go the other way?" he wondered (oh because they aren't as good as the other team) is what I thought. No I didn't say that, I certainly planned to walk out of there alive and I was sitting in the home team section and since that above thought could in no way be considered flattering to the home team I kept silent. No they didn't win,actually I don't recall a win in the past many years on homecoming. A person standing next to us at the parade commented to me as she watched the excited chatter of the kids "I've forgotten how excited little kids get when there is a parade. One of the many things I love about my job, little people find the exciting in the most ordinary of things.