Showing posts with label horribles parade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label horribles parade. Show all posts

what. a. weekend.

once again, i find myself short a few thousand  brain cells on a monday morning.  this past holiday weekend was a "doozie" {as cousin ty would say}

it was mostly about celebrating america  mike o.  {you may remember this animal from the G party?}
we started the festivities off with a bang at mike's surprise 40th on wednesday night.  complete with kareoke and tropical drinks.


which made the next morning's horribles parade that much more horrible.
every year it gets hotter and we seem to get more hungover.  but again, at least the kids despise enjoy it.

this much fun should be illegal!  right, kids?

later that day, we headed out on scrimshaw for some more cocktails and fireworks.  kiddos are at a great age for the fireworks.  this seemed to make up for the child abuse  fun times at the parade that occurred in the am.


the thursday fourth sorta kills me.  i mean, it felt like monday, but it was only FRIDAY.  eff, actually this was saturday?  i lost an entire day somewhere?  anyhoot, on saturday we ventured out on elihu.  we picked up two of our fave people in manchester {they were in town for a wedding} for a trip to sand dollar cove.  
while out on the water, we spied rambler, in town for the halifax race.  rambler is owned by my former boss george david.  guy is legit.  seriously.  google him.  too bad his boat is so small.


are you bored yet?  because the weekend is only half over.  saturday night was the party mike o had planned for himself while he was moping around the two weeks prior to his surprise party, thinking no one cared it was his birthday.  this worked out for everyone because saturday night was amaze.  everyone brought it to the next level, mike o style.  here's a pics of some of the ladies of the evening.


{that's me keeping it real with a burger in my hand. foul.}
excellent times.

and yesterday i was a complete bag of crap tired gal, so CBC took girls on the boat without me.  and then we headed over to celebrate juney's 2nd birthday.
both my cameras and my brain were pretty much dead by this point but here's a shot of the birthday girl.


seems like just yesterday we were sipping & seeing this beauty {thx MW}

image by meredith nelson photography


so in conclusion, happy birthday mike o and sweet baby june - you two may be 38 years apart but i see a similar fire in your eyes. . . and i like it.

and happy birthday, america.  you dominate.

and dear friday, what happened to you?  perhaps it's best i don't know.

the horribles

so every fourth of july there is a tradition in marblehead called the horribles parade.  
this tradition is pretty much a form of child abuse.
 it is always the hottest day of the year and it's a costume contest. 
but anyone who knows me, knows i wor-ship dressing up.  
halloween?  bring it on.  theme parties?  yes, please!  

so when i heard about this "tradition" on july 4th eve after a "few" cocktails 2 years ago, i had to work very fast to not only come up with an idea but also recruit some peeps to take part in the abuse with me.
  {btw, this is also torture for the parents.  ever pulled your kids in a parade hungover?  totes not fun}  
anyhoot, year one was sort of a bust.  
but we did it! 

 for some reason i decided this was the year for animal cruelty as well and made george and looloo participate.  and my theme was 'george & kate plus 8'.  this was pre-gosselin break-up and a super-hot topic.  current events is one of the categories they vote on.  

i'm ready to admit this was a really lame choice and the guetto computer paper signs i whipped up 15 minutes before go-time were not cutting it.









year 2. 
a lil more age appropopes - crayons!  
when my friend ag suggested this idea the first year i mocked her.  but look how cute they are AND {drumroll please}  we won the coveted toushy dodge award this year!  that's right 50 big ones.  woo-hoo!







this year we realized the odds were against us.  
95 degree weather. check. 
 hundreds of people yelling and throwing candy at us.  check.
14 kids under 6.  check.

  so we kept it simple. 
a birthday party for america.  genius.  ha.  okay, so not that exciting but it made sense.  lil hoot and sugar on top's wee ones were part of team happy birthday america.

   sugar on top made the delish cake pops to keep the kiddos "content" and jayme marie designs designed the adorbs banners and party hats.  
add a ton of balloons and presents and voila!








we clinched the helen st. pierre award.  

cross it off the list folks.  we nailed it.

by the way, we were up against some stiff competition.  check out this beiber float in which the participants belted out justin beiber songs the entire parade.





and there was more than one "royal" wedding to contend with.


and look how happy team happy birthday america is!  we do it for the joy it brings our children.














that's right, we do it for the kids.  they just love it.  really.

happy birthday, america.  


any of you have any clever ideas how we can torture ourselves. . . i mean celebrate. . . next year?