We headed up the mountain to Virginia City to catch the parade on Veteran's Day. We foolishly thought it would be a smaller celebration than the one in downtown Reno. VC throws a good holiday bash! I have said it before, and I still stand my opinion. I don't support war (unless preventing a genocide), but I do support our troops and the people who serve our country. Every branch was represented in the parade. Which was nice, because sometimes the coastguard gets left out. The girls did get a fright when the guns started. There was one entry in particular that gave me pause as well, I couldn't tell you what kind of weapon it was. I can only tell you it was old, it was loud, it was large, and it was handled by someone who I believe had a pre parade tipple of something strong! Those things combined make one nervous mama. Other than that, it was a wonderful way to say thank you and honor our service peeps.
This evening Cassidy revealed to me a small secret to keeping her occupied. After dinner she asked me if she could watch a show. We don't have tv, but we do have netflix through the wii on our tv and we watch all the greatness that PBS and Nickelodian have to offer! Except for Caillou because I think he's kind of whiny. Anyway, she gets to watch limited amounts of Diego, Dora, Dinosaur Train, Super Why, Word World, etc and sometimes we throw in some Cosby Show for good measure. She'll pick two shows and watch one, 20 minute episode of each and then we call it good. Well tonight when she asked for a show, I told her she could watch one episode of her favorite after she cleaned her room. She went into her room and as she started putting toys away, she started playing with them. She'd go to put books away and start "reading" them. Twenty minutes later she'd start putting crayons away, then start drawing with them. Ten minutes later she'd start putting awa...
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