St. Gabriel's Picnic

This past Saturday was St. Gabriel's School Picnic.  If you know me, it's basically a holiday.  I loved being able to take Gabe up there last year and show him off to old friends from the neighborhood and catch up with grade school friends. 

This year was more of the same, except we took Gabe to the parade in the morning.  It wasn't his first parade but it was his first time going in for the candy.  Before the parade we stopped at Donut Drive in for breakfast.  Gabe has his first donut and thoroughly enjoyed it. 

We found our spot on Nottingham and ran into Mr. Hynes.  Mr. Hynes jumped in and showed Gabe how to get as much candy as possible.  By the end of the parade he was collecting candy like a pro. 

Gabe and Uncle Robbie grabbing the goodies

Once the last car passed us on Nottingham, we marched over to Tamm to watch the whole thing over again.  We ran into the Bello's and watched the second half with them. 

Afterwards we went back to the Bello's house and Gabe played on the swing set in the backyard.  We were getting close to meltdown so we took that as our cue to head back to the car.  Of course we walked back through the picnic and I ran into a few more people I knew.  And we stopped at the Birch house for bathroom and diaper changes.

It was exhausting going to a school picnic.  We all took naps in the afternoon.

 Later that night, Scott and I went back for the adult portion of the picnic.  Everyone hanging out at the beer booth.  I saw 2 great friends from grade school that I hadn't seen in a couple years and Scott ran into guys from high school.  It wasn't just a reunion for me!  Scott was put to work in the beer booth for a while and then we found a spot to watch the fireworks.  The finale was awesome!  And we finished the night with a trip to the Mack.  Great School Picnic!