Today we went to the Greek Independence Day parade and the boys had a blast celebrating their Greek heritage.
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Here they are with their dad and their Greek flag.
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The begining of the parade began like most parades, with NY's Finest.
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After watching the parade, we headed over to Central Park and had a picnic with the boys' Uncle Bill, Aunt Rika and cousins Tsubomi and Moe. We even found time to head over to the
Merry-Go-Round (aka the Central Park Carousel).
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Mom and Luke really enjoyed the ride.
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Owen just woke up before this pic was taken, but we think he enjoyed his ride.
On Saturday, we went out to Long Island to see our nephew (& Sean's Godson) Chris play football. He's only in kindergarten, but he plays in a league with 2nd graders because there aren't enough kids his age to form a league.
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Chris normally plays center and here he is "snapping" the ball to the QB.
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Chris did such a good job playing center that they put him in at quarterback for a play. In this pic, Chris is receiving the handoff from the center.