I love a parade!
Hi everyone! Guess who got to march in a parade on Saturday night? That’s right, ME, Decker J O’Steen! (Oh, and in tow with me were my mom and dad and baby brother). This weekend was the start of the Walnut Festival, and the city of Walnut Creek has a “Twilight Parade” where local groups get to march down the street and wave at people sitting on the curb. Me and my family marched with my preschool, and all us kids got to wear cowboy hats and red bandannas and wave glow sticks! It was a little overwhelming at first, but then I looked over and saw Pammy, Cappy, Katil and Tully waving like a group of crazy people and they kept following our group along the sidewalk, so I always had some friendly faces to look for. I was a little disappointed that I didn’t get to play a drum in this parade like all the cool big kids I saw in the high school marching bands, but maybe next time. Afterwards, we got to go to dinner and stay up late, and then we walked back up the street and I waved enthusiastically at all the last floats that were pulling up at the end of the parade route. I kept calling out to them, “Hooray! You did a grand job!”. Hope they liked the encouragement!
PS: I got to keep the hat! Neat huh?