This year I decided to be better at talking to the kids about why we have memorial day. In the morning I had the kids watch a few videos about it. Then I had the idea to have them color a Thank You card to hand out to the Veterans and soldiers at we would see at the the parade and the Memorial Day service at Veterans Park. I copied the card they made so they would each of ten to hand out. Then we got dressed in our red, white & blue and grabbed our flags and headed to the parade. It was a beautiful day for a parade. Later in the afternoon we headed to a a bbq at a families house in our ward. The kids had a blast playing there. They even had a big blow up water slide which the kids loved. They were nice and tired for bed when we got home.
Someone in the parade handed each of the kids two suckers and they took that as an invitation to eat both at the same time. Silly kids.
These are the cards the kids made. It was very touching to see the faces of these men and women as my kids handed them these cards and they told them thank you for your service.
The service at the Veterans memorial was really great to watch although our kids were a bit antsy.
We are truly grateful for all those who have served, fought and sacrificed their lives for our freedom.
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