Memorial Day

While living abroad is great we did miss all the patriotic events that happen throughout the year.  This was the first Memorial Day that the girls could remember and I wanted it to be fun.  We started out on the weekend with going to the Gaspee Days Arts & Crafts festival.  I remember going to the Gaspee Days Arts & Crafts festival and the Gaspee Days parade every year.  It all takes place in Edgewood which is where we lived until I was four and where my Nana lived forever.  It is also where my Dad used to keep his boat.  It is a very pretty area on Narragansett Bay.  Anyway, my mom, Jason and I took the girls to check out the festival that I hadn't been to in years.  It was very crowded but was a lot of fun.  We stopped for a picnice on the park lawn before letting the girls enjoy some of the games and rides.  After eating lunch and playing games an drides we headed over to the doughboy truck.  I hadn't had a dough boy in a long time and I wanted the girls to try one as well.  They are awful for you but oh so yummy.  For those of you who dont' know a dough boy is basically a piece of dough that you flatten out and put in a hot oil to cook.  Once it is cooked you take it out of the oil and cover it with sugar/cinnamon or powdered sugar.  Doughboys used to be cheap but I almost choked when I got to the counter and saw they were $6 each.  We only bought one and split it between the four of us.  Of course the girls loved it and wanted more, as did I, but at $6 a pop we passed.

On Monday we headed over to North Providence for the Memorial day parade.  While it is no Gaspee Days Parade (which we couldn't attend this year) it was still exciting for the girls since they have never been to an American parade before.  It fun to watch them experience all these things that I expereinced as a child.