skipping in the streets

This weekend was Bellingham's Procession of the Species parade.  True to the motto of the city - it was subdued but exciting.  What does that mean to me?  No stress, all fun.

The parade consisted of marching around the city dressed up in costume - either an animal or a plant.  We headed to the starting location about 10 minutes before show time and joined the masses...about 1,000 people showed up to march.  There were plenty of people watching as many of the costumes were fabulous.

Rowan decided she wanted to be a flower so I threw together a costume the morning of the parade.  Simple - felt flower pedal skirt and a little flower hat (kinda funny but she loves it so much that she is still wearing it around town).  Charlie just wore a little lion jacket but played the part by showing us he could scrunch up his nose when he laughed.  Adorable.  Seriously.

Eric was a lady bug - the old standby costume that has been worn and worn again.  I remember making that costume one halloween night about 10 years ago in the basement of this little rental house Eric and I lived in together.  I had no idea how much use we'd get out of that thing.  And me, I was a bee - total last minute costume.  I wore black with yellow & black striped "baby legs" on my arms and a baby bee costume (size 6 months) on my head.  Yeah, funny but hey, it did the job!