Bunny here at the keyboard, sharing our Saturday adventure with you.
Every year on Saturday before Memorial Day, the Roanoke Days festival wraps up. ?Saturday at noon, there?s a parade of the old-fashioned sort that Dad?s family really likes. ?They like it so much that they invite themselves to come over whether we?re having a party or not. ?Even though the grill is broken, Mom and Dad decided to have the party anyway. ?Fortunately, Crazy Aunt J (Mom?s sister, not Dad?s) volunteered the use of her grill, so the food was on after all.
The day of the parade was supposed to be really hot. ?I think it?s the hottest parade day we?ve ever had since we lived here. ?Mom and Dad made plans for us to stay in the basement in comfort while the parade was going on. ?I had my snazzy pink Thundershirt to wear, too, since they like to blare their sirens and drums sometimes. ?Kuster and Morgan both had their crates downstairs and when people started arriving, Mom took Blue and I downstairs with our beds and left the television on so we could watch something while the humans were outside. ?Dad had some SAR training that morning, so Mom was the only one home with us, at least until Dad could get home from his class.
Mom hadn?t realized that people were at the house, because they were hanging out outside and she was finishing getting ready inside. ?When she realized people were here, she hurried Blue and me downstairs and rushed to take the stuff outside to the table. ?As she went out, she pulled the last outside door closed behind her so the cold air wouldn?t go outside so much.
She went to the front to talk with the family and Stepgranny asked her if she could put the fruit salad in the refrigerator. ?Mom went to get it and take it inside and realized that everyone was locked out of the house. ?She called Dad, just before the parade was starting, and he said he was just leaving training. ?Mom had a bad feeling about him getting there to see any of the parade with us, and she reminded him to hurry up. ?Sadly, this meant that I have no pictures from the parade to show you, since the camera was locked inside with us.
Down in the basement, I had no worries whatsoever. ?I didn?t know we were locked in and I had Morgan and Kuster to keep me safe, along with my snazzy pink shirt and a comfortable couch. ?As far as I?m concerned, that is the way to enjoy the parade. ?Let the humans sit out there catching candy and sweat.
Just as the parade was getting to the end, Grandpa and Grandma along with Dad?s three youngest brothers, arrived. ?A little bit after that, Dad arrived. ?He unlocked the door and there was a stampede of humans trying to get to the bathroom. ?I was glad I was downstairs for that, although it did get Kuster and Morgan pretty fired up. ?I could have done without the Shepherd Symphony in stereo.
Finally, the humans got the hot dogs on the grill and the party was finally getting started. ?Dad took Kuster upstairs to visit for a while and he promptly went to work on charming Grandma into giving him some food. ?He was working the crowd pretty hard.
I sent Mom up through the festival to get some pictures so you could see a little what it?s like, since I couldn?t go through it myself. ?We found it funny that they put up their rude orange ?No bikes, No skateboards, No animals of any kind? signs along a street where five of the eight houses that we know of all have dogs that live there, and our county is the capitol for feral cats. ?But I?m getting off the subject. ?I sent Mom to do a little shopping a picture-taking, and then she came home.
After Mom came back, a lot of the humans were leaving. ?Tractor Guy and Peanut?s family had a wedding to go to. ?Hot Dog and Favorite Niece?s family had a graduation party to go to. ?Even Number Nine was at a graduation party for a classmate and had to be picked up. ?So, it was time for the most important part of the party, which was my big appearance.
I went out in the heat to greet my company and enjoyed seeing them immensely. Grandma couldn?t resist feeding me potato chips and being a good hostess, I had to oblige. ?I mean, really, it would have been rude not to. ?After a few minutes, Blueberry came out to join us, too. ?We charmed the guests as best we could until we just couldn?t take the heat anymore and Dad brought us inside. ?The rest of our guests had to leave at that point, anyway.
It was a shorter party than usual, but it was a lot of fun. ?The best part was that Dad cooked some hot dogs on the grill just for us, which we enjoyed for dinner and for breakfast on Sunday. ?Just call me the hostess with the mostest! ?We?ll see everyone back in July for our fireworks party.
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