So today was a big day for Nathaniel, what with a doctors appointment in the early afternoon and then the St. Patrick's Day parade in downtown Minneapolis. The doctor visit went pretty well, he got two shots, but was quickly calm again afterwards. We then walked down the street to Creative Kids Stuff, to which we had been given a gift certificate. We found a set of blocks that have faces on them which we thought he would like, and bought them. He was much more interested in the box they came in, however, and played with that quite a bit when we got home. He hid it under one of the chairs in the living room, and I think it's still there at the moment.Later in the evening, we took the light rail to
the parade downtown, meeting up with Calder and Ivy. It was warm today, but in downtown with little sunlight to begin with, and the sun on its way down, it started to get a little chilly, especially when the wind started picking up.The parade was fairly humdrum overall, and although Nathaniel did seem to be interested in the goings on from time to time, I think the most "interesting" part of the night was when he was beaned by some crazy old bat throwing bags of coffee into the crowd. That she didn't even seem to notice just added to my annoyance. The Vulcans came by and got both Stephanie and Ivy.
Afterwards, we
had reservations at McCormick and Schmicks, but Piper was not feeling too happy, so we decided to try to find somewhere a little less formal. While we waited, Calder resorted to running in circles to try to calm her down. It seemed to work well. He had to improvise without the elliptical machine around. Unfortunately, the only place we found that was open was Panera Bread, and it was full with nowhere to sit. We walked around looking for another place to eat, but to no avail, and ended up calling it a night and hitting the train back home. We ordered in Davanni's and 
Someday we'll all go somewhere and Piper will be happy and content. She is happy sometimes, I promise!
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