I'd really like to, but I don't know. Piper's Little Gym will have a float, a flatbed truck with silver stuff along the edges. They may have a bar that kids can demonstrate things on (I would assume while they're not moving). Piper would probably really like this, though I haven't asked her yet. I just don't know about letting her ride on a float slowly down the two mile parade route. You don't hear of too many injuries during parades, but I don't know.
I asked when the parents would be picking the kids up and the director said that what they had done before is drive the kids back to the start. "What? At highway speeds in the back of a truck? That's not legal." She realized that couldn't work, and so the kids will be picked up by their parents at the end of the parade route.
I could see myself walking the route next to the float, if allowed, but I don't know about Piper riding on it. I think she'd get a kick out of it, and she might be used for demonstrations on the bar, which if I can brag for a second, she is freaking amazing on (in January she's going to be in the advanced 6-12 year old class. She won't be quite 5.5 yet).
Sooooo? What do you guys think? I think it sounds like something I wouldn't do, but that there are so few injuries and mistakes that it seems ok.
Wendy
I asked when the parents would be picking the kids up and the director said that what they had done before is drive the kids back to the start. "What? At highway speeds in the back of a truck? That's not legal." She realized that couldn't work, and so the kids will be picked up by their parents at the end of the parade route.
I could see myself walking the route next to the float, if allowed, but I don't know about Piper riding on it. I think she'd get a kick out of it, and she might be used for demonstrations on the bar, which if I can brag for a second, she is freaking amazing on (in January she's going to be in the advanced 6-12 year old class. She won't be quite 5.5 yet).
Sooooo? What do you guys think? I think it sounds like something I wouldn't do, but that there are so few injuries and mistakes that it seems ok.
Wendy