This past weekend was the finale in what is a multi-week Pride celebration in Chicago, and we went all in.
Sona and I haven’t actually attended a pride event in like 8 years. That’s shameful to admit, I know. Something lit a fire under us this year, though, and we wanted to show Finn all of the Pride-centric fun.
We started on Saturday morning by attending the Family Pride Fest, which takes place in our neighborhood. Finn had a blast, rocking his “Cool Like My Moms” t-shirt. They had live music, a petting zoo, some rainbow swag, face painters, and–much to Finn’s delight–hoola hoops! I think that discovering hoola hoops was the biggest win of the day.
He did manage to do his funky leg dance to some of the music.
On Sunday, we met Finn’s bestie, Darcy, for some Pride Parade fun. Luckily, Darcy lives on the parade route. So, that made the day a bit easier. Still, since the parade got a late start, we ended up being out side for over 3 hours, waiting and waiting, and then watching the parade. These two held up like rock stars!
How cute are they, navigating the parade together?
Finn is like “Mooooooom–enough already! I’m with my girl.”
I can’t even handle these two.
Once the parade finally started–and the swag started rolling in–Finn was enamored!
More funky leg shakin’.
Just eatin’ his candy necklace, watching the boyz in their Speedos, and living his best Pride life!
