The Cumberland Fair's parade around the racetrack was this morning. The wake-up call for the girls was 4:30 a.m. to get to the fairgrounds early to help put together the float their club had planned for the parade.

This is the second year the kids have been involved in the parade and they love having a float in the parade but not the early morning float work so much.

The girls took the camera to the fairgrounds while I was working so they could take some shots of the final float construction.

Fino took along the hot cocoa supplies for the crew

Apparently my kids were driving their daddy a little crazy because they were spending more time jumping around rather than helping put the float together.

Nice role-modeling the use of scissors daddy

L. told me she was distracted with the moon she could see in the daytime sky and had to take a picture of it instead of doing her float job. I downloaded more than a couple of moon shots from the camera so maybe daddy was justified with his horror movie scare tactic.

The kids chose three activities that they enjoyed this past year with their club to include as part of their float for the parade's "Family Fun" theme. I thought the apple headband was a nice touch on the archery section.

The float included cross country skiing, geology and archery activities

Photos of all the participants in the parade