This week has been spent preparing for the American Fork Steel Days Parade. We were not planning on participating but received an invitation from the city arts council to be part of their entry. I decided to include my kids in this event since they “live” Sleepy Hollow with us 24/7, nine months out of the year. It’s great, though, because my kids have come to love and know the story quite intimately, like a member of the family.

My youngest son, Max, desperately wanted an exact replica of Ichabod’s costume so we picked out a pattern, green fabric, gold buttons and constructed one this week. He is so excited to have his very own “Ichabod dress” and walk in the parade but he insists on riding Ichabod’s stick horse which is much too big and awkward for him. Luckily he finally settled on handing out whirligig toys to the kids.

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