Observations from the parade

So, Thanksgiving is not celebrated here. Since we're in such an international community, a lot of our friends celebrate, but it's just not the same without American food and Black Friday shopping (my mom did send me some velveeta to make one of our traditional recipes, but it was just too depressing so I'll save it for Christmas). Anyways, I LOVE the parade. Last year a facebook friend gave me a link to watch it online, but the link wasn't working this afternoon so Ulysses found me a new one. :-) When the boys got home from school, they watched the last half of the parade with me. Here are some of their observations:

M spent the first 30-45 minutes just waving at the computer screen since everyone was waving at her.

- During a commercial with a baby in a walker driving down the highway:
X: Mom! Why would they do that to a baby!?
Me: They didn't honey, a computer did it.
X: (very confused) huh...

Of course, the whole concept of commercials was lost on them. They kept asking me where the parade had gone.

- Once the Spiderman balloon had passed, E kept begging me to bring it back. He could not grasp that it was live TV and I could not rewind or control it. Even when it was on the screen, he wasn't happy with the angle and kept asking me to fix it. I think he thought I was on google street view.

- As the elves passed:
E: Why are they not working?!?!?!
Me: Santa gave them the day off
E: humph

- The first band that they saw:
E: Why are they waving flags?
X: That shows what country they're from
Me: No, they're the color guard. That's their job in the band. All of these people are Americans.
X: ALL of them?
Me: Yes. It's a very big country
X and E: HUGE eyes of disbelief

- Santa
X: That's the REAL Santa Claus. Are the reindeer real?

We've had a lot of fun conversations at home lately. I'll try to post some of them soon.

I hope all of my American friends and family have a great Thanksgiving!