Please recycle...

Monday night Jaxon's school was part of a town parade... I am still uncertain as to the purpose of the parade, some say it was to celebrate a Catholic Saint, I heard it was also Environmental Awareness Week, maybe the combination of both is a great excuse to have a parade!! Jaxon's school was one of five floats in the parade. Each child was to make an animal costume (the animal had to be one that actually lives in Costa Rica) out of recycled materials. Jaxon's first choice was to be a dragonfly but given the complexity of the costume, we opted for a scorpion instead. Aaron whipped the costume up in no time out of materials found at the office, some cardboard, some foam and some straps...

Upon arriving to the school the night of the parade, we quickly realized that "recycled materials" was defined differently by other parents as several costumes were simply animal costumes that most certainly were not made at home. I guess it doesn't matter how old you are, some people just can't follow directions. At any rate, our little scorpion got all set up on the float and we were instructed to head to the park for the start of the parade. An hour and a half later, the parade was finally under way! Jaxon did great despite the long wait and being a little uncomfortable, tired and thirsty. The other floats were really great as well, all the floats' components were made with recycled materials, newspaper, cardboard, plastic bottles, etc... it was a fun time and impressive to see what others did... here are some pics of the occasion...

The boys building the costume.

Riley got stung by 2 bees while "helping"

The little scorpion on the float getting ready for the parade.

Some of the other costumes, pretty sure those
bunny ears were not made with love in the garage...

Daddy and sick Riley

Jaxon making bear growls while
fiercely waving his claws at me!

Waiting for the parade to begin.

You can sort of see Jaxon next to the purple pants and
underneath the scorpion stinger...

Jaxon's float in action...

This was one of the other floats in the parade.

Another float with a suspended airplane made of cardboard.
The propeller even spun while the float moved...it was cute.

The end.