The woman in purple is Miss Rosa, PBS Kids' morning block host. Chimpy was a little starstruck but I called to Miss Rosa anyway. The wave and smile Miss Rosa gave to Chimpy affected Chimpy in a way I've never seen before and immediately afterwards she was emanating happiness and excitement.
Another block and we found ourselves suddenly under the parade floats. This had a huge effect on Jojo who couldn't understand why I was taking pictures of things other than the balloons.
We caught up with our friend, M., and sat down to watch the parade go by.
Like much of what goes on in downtown Oakland, the parade seems to be overlooked by the rest of the Bay Area, which was great because it wasn't very crowded. Plus, it wasn't unusual for the parade watchers to suddenly rush the Curious George (for example) float. Here Chimpy and M. pose with the dancing Christmas tree ladies.
We took off a little early as the parade overlapped nap time so we missed Santa but we had a great time.
2 comments:
Hi! This is Miss Rosa, the Host of PBS Kids. A friend of mine came across your blog and forwarded it to me. I read about your experience at the Children's Holiday Parade back in December and am so happy to hear you had a great time. Please tell Chimpy I said, "Hola!" and thanks for watching PBS Kids ;o)
Thanks for writing, Miss Rosa. I don't have the ability to describe exactly how excited Chimpy was to see you but I hope the picture gives you a glimpse. Thank you for your work!
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