Jeremy and Britany's Family...: MLK Day

Monday, January 21, 2008

MLK Day

Have you checked out the logo on google.com today? It is very cute and festive!

Today we celebrated Martin Luther King Day by going to a parade and festival downtown. The kids had the best time at the parade. A reporter stopped to interview the kids. She asked them why we are celebrating. Neither my friend Michelle or I had taught them much about the day so they just stared blankly. At this point, I just want Maya to know that Martin Luther King Jr. was a great man, but I am not sure I want to go too deep just yet. After all, she is just 2 and hasn't even realized that I am white and she is brown! Overall, the day was a success and it was fun to celebrate with friends.

Waiting for the parade to come...

Look! There is a fire truck!

Kenyon watching the parade and sharing his snacks

Aren't these girls adorable??!!

*Update* - I just looked at the channel 3 news website since they were at the parade. They have a slide show of pictures and Maya's picture is on there. Here it is:

http://www.azfamily.com/perl/common/slideshow/sspop.pl?recid=7535&nextimage=14

1 comments:

Shanell said...: What good parents to take your kids to the civil rights day parade. We were busy watching cartoons!; January 25, 2008 at 9:33 AM

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