Chinese New Year Parade

I thought that Noah would sort of play in the little head this year. But he actually did a lot. He and an older boy did little lion head and tail for most of the morning until 1pm. I thought Noah's issue was that he would get tired. But that wasn't an issue at all. What was an issue was that he didn't want to take turns on the head. Plus sometimes his main goal was just to take and orange and after he got that he wanted to eat it, instead of doing lion head. Basically he had a lot of fun and was really mad when I took him out of the parade to go home. The other boy, who I will call D, continued to do Lion head for most of the day while an adult or teen held the tail. He didn't seem to get tired. Well sometimes he did but considering nobody was really switching with him he went for quite some time.

The businesses on the perimeter of Chinatown are a little difficult to do with children but once you get in the middle of Chinatown and the pace is very slow, it is fine for kids. The cars are blocked off and you aren't really walking that fast. In fact it's easier to have the kids in the head because then you know exactly where they are. It was great.

Towards the end of the day everyone gets tired so I definitely got to do plenty of lion head at the end. But I actually did a lot more tail because nobody really wants to do that. Well, that's the big day for this year. Next year I know that Noah can do even more. He will be five. Maybe Jonah can come for part of the day too. We'll see.