Richmondville Day

It was time for Richmondville Day again on Saturday. I know I've missed one or two of these, but Xander has been a regular since he's been a year old. This year Joe missed out because he was on a bike run. Xander and I set up our camp chairs right in front of my mother-in-law's house, a prime parade spot. Xander was so excited to see the Richmondville Fire Department marching up the road to start things off.

Of course, for Xander the big deal is catching all the candy and swag that gets tossed out. It actually wasn't much this year - the parade was smaller than usual - but he did get a bunch of lollipops, gum, tootsie rolls, and even some pens and a clip for holding sunglasses to a car visor.

Then it was time to hit Main Street. Jean has already visited a few rummage and lawn sales before the parade started, but there were countless more to be had. I made sure Jean took a picture of me and Xander, since I'm usually so busy taking the pictures I forget to be in them.

Joe's Uncle Paul spent the day with us, which Xander seemed to enjoy. Jean bought him a hot dog for lunch and some cotton candy, and Uncle Paul contributed the fried dough Xander just had to have and then only ate one piece of. I ended up wearing most of the confectioners sugar because it was so windy.

Down at the school they had two bounce houses set up. Xander made three seperate trips inside, because that boy can bounce all day! The lines were long because there really wasn't much else for the kiddies to do. There were supposed to be pony rides, but they dropped them from the schedule.

We ran into a lot of Joe's family as we made the rounds - Andy, Angie and Josh, Dave and his kids, Uncle Sonny and his family, and Destiny and Jeanine and the kids. Eli and Mo took a spin in the bounce house together and Jean managed to snap a picture while I was off browsing one of the clothing stands.

The only sour note of the whole day was that we didn't see Mike, Jean's soon-to-be ex-husband. Xander kept looking for him and asking about him, but if he was there we sure didn't run into him. Otherwise, it was a fun day.

After Uncle Paul left, we watched a movie at Jean's and had a quick dinner. Then it was time to head home and wait for Joe to get back from his ride.