Kids Day Parade

It is fall and the first frost of the season was on Thursday night. Thursday evening was spent with Mom Meads in Spencer. This weekend is the 52nd Annual Black Walnut Festival in Spencer. We spent all day yesterday with Mom and attended many of the activities that the festival has to provide. We arrived home yesterday evening with memories of a fun day with family.

Today is the Grand Parade with floats, bands, and horses. This is one of two parades that the festival has to offer. The Grand Parade is not our favorite parade. We always enjoy the Kids Day Parade which was held yesterday at noon. The Kids Day Parade is an event for children of all ages and has become the largest kid’s parade in the state. They have several categories of participants- walkers, pull wagons, small motorized vehicles, prettiest pets, etc. It is great to see the excitement on the faces of the kids.

Here are some of the participants.






Judy and I loved this entry below. A medieval castle rolled down the street complete with knights in shinning armor. While other entries threw great quantities of candy at the crowd, these knights worked like mad launching their candy on their homemade catapults!