It started early with a drive up to Sandy (about ½ an hour away) to the nearest Trax station (the closest local train transportation system).
Have I mentioned before that Aaron is in LOVE with trains? We live near some rather busy tracks that also happen to go directly in front of his daycare, so he gets to hear and see them several times a day. This was his first time riding one and, oh my heavenly days, can you say “excited”?!
It was about another ½ hour train ride to The Gateway in downtown Salt Lake City where they were having a St. Patrick’s Day parade followed by several performances with dancers and musicians. The parade was actually more fun than I thought it would be. About halfway through, we ended up with Aaron in the stroller just walking up and down part of the parade route.
Then we ran into one of the groups of pipers. Aaron wanted to follow them and there was no way I was going to object. Have I mentioned before that I am in LOVE with bagpipes?
We walked with them for most of the route with Aaron bouncing his head and tapping his feet to the music. Cutest thing ever! I got a little bit on camera, but not much because they started to move again. (In case you didn’t know, it’s really quite difficult to steer a stroller through a very crowded and narrow sidewalk while videotaping from behind the subject. Picture one arm outstretched in front, camera turned around, lots of zigzagging…not pretty.) I’ll see if I can figure out how to post what I was able to get.
We stayed to watch some of the performances, most of which Aaron slept through. I am extremely grateful that he took a nap so we could stay and enjoy more of the fun. I got to see a couple of dance groups perform, which totally reminded me of and made me miss my sister Jeni. (She is an incredible Irish and Scottish dancer.)
Shortly after Aaron woke up, he was looking around and noticed some musicians outside, so we went out to hear them play. They were really good! I sort of danced along while I held Aaron. There were a few other kids there dancing out in front of the crowd and Aaron almost danced with them. He got shy about it when I put him down, which is not typical of him. Maybe he just wasn’t fully awake yet.
We took another train ride back to our car, had a quick dinner at the Olive Garden and came home where we spent the next hour playing hide and seek “Aaron style”. I’ll write about that in another post, but I’ll just leave with this…it’s about the most fun I’ve had playing hide-and-seek.
All in all, this has been the best St. Patrick’s Day that I can remember.
And now I’m exhausted, so off to bed. ‘Night!
