jenseib
Mommy to Claire
- Joined
- Oct 28, 2006
Thursday Nov. 23, 2017, Thanksgiving
We got up early and got ready. We grabbed some breakfast so we would make it through the day!
Geoff and Gail were a bit faster and already off to get a spot for the parade, so we texted them and found them easily.
nyc150 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc80 by Jenseib, on Flickr
They were early but still not early enough to get right up by the street, but still a good spot.
nyc82 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc83 by Jenseib, on Flickr
It quickly started filling up and I was acting as bouncer for our location. We had to save enough space for the rest who would come later. Many tried to go through and stand in front of us and I would let them know they couldn’t. Some complained that it wasn’t fair for us to be saving spots and Gail would chime in that maybe next time you should get up earlier.
parade23 by Jenseib, on Flickr
It was a bit chilly this year. We had hand warmers and feet warmers, though I swear mine didn’t seem to be warming all that much on my toes. 2 years ago when we came to the parade, Claire and I were lucky enough to be invited by my friend Brook to watch the parade from the old Amazon building. Brook was hoping to get this chance again and so were we. As it got closer, Brook decided they were going to go out of town for Thanksgiving since they had no word about it being available. Of course right after they made their plans they were alerted to availability to watch from the building again. Too late, so Claire and I had “slum it” this year with the rest of the family.
As it got closer to the parade time, other family members arrived.
parade22 by Jenseib, on Flickr
Abby had some snacks.
nyc84 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc87 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc89 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc90 by Jenseib, on Flickr
We talked about how last time we were here Geoff had brought a turkey hat and we just laughed and laughed. We saw some people down the way wearing them and again we just totally laughed.
Just a reminder of Geoff’s hat last trip.
turkeyhead1 by Jenseib, on Flickr
Well he was not to be outdone and he told Aunt Mary he needed something out of her bag. So he was digging around and we kind of stopped paying attention to him as he was pretty much inside her bag…head first….and then came out with this!
nyc152 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc20 by Jenseib, on Flickr
As you can see, Claire and Alexis were very embarrassed. hahahaha
nyc304 by Jenseib, on Flickr
I thought it looked tasty!
nyc153 by Jenseib, on Flickr
Abby gave it a try.
nyc154 by Jenseib, on Flickr
Soon the parade was starting! Again, some of my pictures are out of order, so I will try to put them in the best order I can.
nyc300 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc301 by Jenseib, on Flickr
It was neat to see it all from the street level as last time we were above everything.
parade21 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc92 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc302 by Jenseib, on Flickr
parade1 by Jenseib, on Flickr
I believe this is Patty LaBelle.
nyc93 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc95 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc96 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc97 by Jenseib, on Flickr
I think this is Angelica Hale.
nyc98 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc305 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc99 by Jenseib, on Flickr
PARADE26 by Jenseib, on Flickr
We got up early and got ready. We grabbed some breakfast so we would make it through the day!
Geoff and Gail were a bit faster and already off to get a spot for the parade, so we texted them and found them easily.
nyc150 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc80 by Jenseib, on Flickr
They were early but still not early enough to get right up by the street, but still a good spot.
nyc82 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc83 by Jenseib, on Flickr
It quickly started filling up and I was acting as bouncer for our location. We had to save enough space for the rest who would come later. Many tried to go through and stand in front of us and I would let them know they couldn’t. Some complained that it wasn’t fair for us to be saving spots and Gail would chime in that maybe next time you should get up earlier.
parade23 by Jenseib, on Flickr
It was a bit chilly this year. We had hand warmers and feet warmers, though I swear mine didn’t seem to be warming all that much on my toes. 2 years ago when we came to the parade, Claire and I were lucky enough to be invited by my friend Brook to watch the parade from the old Amazon building. Brook was hoping to get this chance again and so were we. As it got closer, Brook decided they were going to go out of town for Thanksgiving since they had no word about it being available. Of course right after they made their plans they were alerted to availability to watch from the building again. Too late, so Claire and I had “slum it” this year with the rest of the family.
As it got closer to the parade time, other family members arrived.
parade22 by Jenseib, on Flickr
Abby had some snacks.
nyc84 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc87 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc89 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc90 by Jenseib, on Flickr
We talked about how last time we were here Geoff had brought a turkey hat and we just laughed and laughed. We saw some people down the way wearing them and again we just totally laughed.
Just a reminder of Geoff’s hat last trip.
turkeyhead1 by Jenseib, on Flickr
Well he was not to be outdone and he told Aunt Mary he needed something out of her bag. So he was digging around and we kind of stopped paying attention to him as he was pretty much inside her bag…head first….and then came out with this!
nyc152 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc20 by Jenseib, on Flickr
As you can see, Claire and Alexis were very embarrassed. hahahaha
nyc304 by Jenseib, on Flickr
I thought it looked tasty!
nyc153 by Jenseib, on Flickr
Abby gave it a try.
nyc154 by Jenseib, on Flickr
Soon the parade was starting! Again, some of my pictures are out of order, so I will try to put them in the best order I can.
nyc300 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc301 by Jenseib, on Flickr
It was neat to see it all from the street level as last time we were above everything.
parade21 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc92 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc302 by Jenseib, on Flickr
parade1 by Jenseib, on Flickr
I believe this is Patty LaBelle.
nyc93 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc95 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc96 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc97 by Jenseib, on Flickr
I think this is Angelica Hale.
nyc98 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc305 by Jenseib, on Flickr
nyc99 by Jenseib, on Flickr
PARADE26 by Jenseib, on Flickr