The World Champion Gigantes Parade!

I've never been in a crowd of over a million people before. The anti-war rallies in SF during 2003 were pretty intense with hundreds of thousands in attendance, but not a million + people in attendance! It was  overwhelming and I felt claustrophobic at some moments, feeling guilty for having these boys with us, worrying about how uncomfortable they must have been feeling at times. But luckily, Nanay packed bottled water, ginger candy, and I had a stash of Halloween treats that held them over and kept them cheerful. I totally forgot to bring the healthy snacks I left in the trunk of the car. Miles and Darrien survived the Giants frenzy and took part of the cheer, especially Darrien, chanting to the top of his lungs, "Let's Go Giants!" I pulled Miles out of school (great parenting!) because this was a once in a lifetime experience. Overall, it was soooo worth it. He got to see the baseball players in real life! His spirits lifted once he saw Tim Lincecum! They were pretty happy with just watching the parade of trolly cars! Here's a taste of what went down on Wednesday in honor of the greatest team EVER!

We were decked out in Orange & Black.

Fear the Beard!

The Coaching Staff

Madison Bumgarner

Travis Ishikawa

Juan Uribe..Ooooh...Ribe!

Pablo "Kung Fu Panda" Sandoval

Matt "Yes We Cain"

Andres Torres

Buster Posey

Tim Lincecum!

MVP Edgar Renteria!

We ran into Uncle Ralph in the sea of millions. What were the odds?!

After hours under the beating sun and screaming fans, we were famished.

We grubbed in J-town.

Nanay hooked the boys up with a toy from the Harajuku store, New People.

Miles was not too happy about his guerilla being pink. Since when did pink become a girl color for Miles? He's growing up (getting socialized) :(

 We were relieved that both boys ended up getting the same colored guerilla. It would have caused mayhem if they had different ones.

After playing at Aunty Cheryl's the boys were ready to go. 

Fair Oaks

Darrien baked the pumpkin bread, preparing for our pre-game Halloween celebrasyon! 

Then the boys got dressed up and ready to stock up on high fructose corn syrup.

We went trick or treating between Guerrero & Valencia, on closed off blocks in the city. Unfortunately, the World Series was going on at the same time and we couldn't be at two places at once. But one thing that's great about SF is that you will find a lot of cool hippie folks that share. In this case, they were sharing all the game updates.

They also spread good cheer with these babies...

Miles was pretty excited with the madness that went down on Fair Oaks street. I think he spooked a lot of the little kids and even some adults with his costume. He looked more like a dwende to me than a wicked jester.

We saw a free haunted house, a DJ playing spooky songs, includingThriller while his friends did the whole Thriller routine, and we saw some great Halloween displays.

Even in the darkness, Miles must have used his special cacti & succulent antennae to find these...

By the end of the night, Miles was tired (and so were we).

So he hitched a ride...

It was another memorable Halloween.