This year , I surprised everyone and took my son to the parade . Nevermind that my popular refrain about parades was , " you ' ve seen one parade , you ' ve seen them all . " Or that I actually drove to the suburb I lived in for almost 15 years to see their 4th of July parade when I never did get around to going to it when I lived there . I guess that 's the stuff that changes when you have kids . Let me just say , I loved the parade ! Mostly because Austen loved the parade and it was just a gorgeous day to be outside .

Question: What was one of the things that surprised me about the parade day ?
Answer: I was surprised that I ever lived in that suburb for 20 years .I was surprised when my kid started crying because he was scared .None of the above choices .I was completely surprised by just how much I enjoyed the procession .