Christmas Parade

Sunday Max and our American friend Jen and I all went to the Christmas Parade at the Mount. It was SO fun and very hot! It is crazy to see the difference of Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere. Santa wears beach clothes, tradition is swimsuits and BBQ's, boats and the beach are a part of memories and everyone is in tank tops and shorts. Yet, people still carry around Starbucks cups with snowflakes and snow scenes on them....I am pretty sure more gingerbread frappachinos are sold then gingerbread lattes though :)

Here are some shots from the day so you can see the difference of a Christmas Parade in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Pretty sure the bubby had no idea he was at his first Christmas parade but I LOVED having him there!



See the kiddos in the baby pool on the float? And the mom in a sun/lawn chair?

BBQ scenes were all over the place at the Christmas Parade


The bagpipes opened the parade....not sure why but maybe just because they were SO loud. See the kids covering their ears!


Max's Uncle Tom was on a float so we had to make sure he waved at Max for his very first Christmas Parade

We had to take Max's PASSPORT PHOTO for Australia. Which was quite a task here! You have to not smile, be looking directly at the camera and both ears MUST be showing! EVEN FOR A BABY!!!! Sam took the photos then sized them to the right size so we didn't sit at the passport photo place forever. But here is a little picture that we caught while trying to get it. Our little muscle man Max