Jake gives us his best “Cheeeese!”

Spring litter

Waiting for the “On Procession” parade to begin on Saturday morning

Here comes the parade! Mommy got roped into carrying the lead banner down Virginia Avenue to bring the west side floats together with the east side floats. Trust me, it was very artistic and interpretive and deep and meaningful…and some of it was just plain weird

A salamander and a barn owl represent two of Indiana’s endangered species

A neighborhood group from Fountain Square had an entry called “Build a Better Mousetrap”. Apparently they had a problem with mice in their building, so they loaded up all their children (dressed as mice with ears and tails and eyeliner whiskers) onto a “mousetrap” board on wheels, complete with a huge tray of Cheez-its, string cheese, and cans of spray cheese to keep them occupied as they pulled the board down the street

Chinese dragon

Foam dragon that “walked”. At the end of the parade, this dragon raced after the Chinese dragon and challenged it to a duel. The Chinese dragon handlers weren’t really sure what to do. So they just kept walking. It would have been awesome if they’d only gotten the joke…

I see you!

Basket-bolive (the basketballs they threw into the martini glasses were decorated as olives that they’d throw to the crowd and have them make free-throws)