The Parade!!!

I decided that this event deserved a post all of its own. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has been something that I have wanted to see in person for my entire LIFE. We grew up watching the whole thing every Thanksgiving morning at my house when I was a kid... well, not just a kid... every year since birth! I guess this was kind of the big "finale" of our trip. Josh and I were both like little kids, just in awe of it all. It was truly amazing and larger than life! We took over 100 pictures...but don't worry...I didn't include them all in this post. Just a few to show you a glimpse of what we enjoyed on Thanksgiving morning.

Though the weather had been really nice at the beginning of the week, it was rather CHILLY on Thanksgiving morning! We left our hotel at around 6:00. We had gotten advice to try to see the parade near the point that it begins...closer to Central Park than Macy's. We ended up having an AWESOME spot to see it all...right at the corner of 7th Ave. and Central Park South. We were right on a corner, so we could see all the balloons as they turned the corner. We arrived at our "great spot" along with the other 3 million people 2 hours prior to the parade. So by the time it began, we were pretty cold! But when it started finally, the excitement made us forget the chill!

Okay, enough rambling...here are some pictures!
soooo excited to see that the Smurfs are back! They were all over Macy's when we shopped on Wednesday! I used to LOVE the Smurfs when I was a kid!
a few pics of celebs on the floats...

Jimmy Fallon

Jessica Simpson
(**Note: Josh had the camera at this point and took like 52 pictures of her. I deleted about 49 of them...ha!)

Joan Rivers

and of course...Mr. CLAUS!!!!

the two giddy kids at the end of the parade!

Happy Thanksgiving!