St. Patty Parade

There's always fun things to take pictures of at the St. Patty's Day Parade downtown.

But of course the MOST fun thing (for me) to take pictures of are these guys:

Arriving 3 hours before the parade (to ensure good parking spots) left plenty of time for practice:




















(not sure who enjoys that more....Arissa or Vanesa & Oliva who get to flip her in the air!)

And for hugs & posing:

I have so many pictures of hair! These curls are so labor-intensive...they're a work of art:























But at 6am there's no time to correct a work of art, so when one curl won't obey or wants to stick out, the only solution is to chop it off.

Can you tell where it got chopped?













(Side-note: As a result of that "chopping", Arissa now has "layered" hair. And when her hair is down, it looks beautiful and you'd never know that it isn't the product of a fancy salon, but just a rushing mom & a pair of fabric scissors.)







The girls' favorite pirate stopped by for a visit:































It took a team of 3 people to get each girl's hair all glittered up:





















But they were all very festive and did an awesome job, as usual. :)





Love them all.





'Specially this one: