Sunday, February 9, 2014

Rose Bowl Pre-Parade Festivities

Okay, I have a few overdue blog posts, so I am trying to catch up!

I wanted to check out the Rose Bowl parade floats with the kids, but knew they were not ready to do the whole Parade waiting overnight festivities and did not think I wanted to fight crowds the day after the parade to see the floats, so a perfect solution was to visit the Rose Bowl to see them making the floats.  I wasn't even sure this was an option so I looked it up online and not only do they have a preview of the floats so you can watch them made, they also have preview of the band performances and the horse performance, which we did not do this time, but maybe next time!  It was a neat adventure and the kids enjoyed seeing everything and then watching the parade the next day to see the floats they had seen in person!

Arriving at the Rose Bowl

With alien float 

Shayla got to sign the vial for one of the flowers going on the pirate float


Mitchell loved the rocket ship 

They got to see the FTD man and get their own rose 
This was the pavilion we visited (for future reference or if you want to go next year) as it was the only one without hour long lines and was still very cool! 

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