We have been celebrating the Mardi Gras season around our house for a while. I have gotten into making king cakes this year and have enjoyed having Kate help me make those for the past few weeks. We also went to New Orleans on Sunday for Kate and Emily's first big Mardi Gras parades. We had so much fun!!! Our friend Kurt lives a half a block from the parade route so we were able to get there early on Sunday, visit with Kurt, Eugenie and their friends and families and get a prime spot for the parades. Kate loved the parades!! Emily was a trooper, sleeping in the baby bjorn for about 1 1/2 of the 3 parades we saw. We brought home a ton of beads and stuffed animals to add to the beads and stuffed animals that Nick got from the festivities he took part in on the Friday before. Today we are all just taking it easy. Getting a few things done around the house and enjoying the beautiful weather with the girls. We hope every one else is having a wonderful Mardi Gras!!
Kate and Emily checking out all of the goodies that Daddy brought home from the Hermes parade that he was in New Orleans for on Friday night
On the way to NO Sunday morning. We could't leave home without beads on!!
Kate and Daddy ready for the first parade to begin
Watching the captain of the first parade come down the street
Family pic with Miss Emily just sleeping away. She slept through crowd noise, marching bands, loud music, you name it...
Kate and her Mardi Gras parade buddy, Joseph. Joseph was Kurt's nephew and had a fancy new ladder seat for the parade. For those of you who may have never been to a serious Mardi Gras parade before (like me on Sunday), a lot of the small children sit in these wooden box seats that are bolted on top of a ladder. The parents stand on the ladder behind the kids to steady the ladder and catch beads/protect the kids from beads. They end up with the perfect seat where they can see perfectly without having to be held by mom and dad! We are so appreciative that Kate got to share a seat for most of the day!
A shot of the parade and crowd during the last parade
And another in the other direction
Kate was so excited after she got this little lady bug
This random guy on a big float picked Kate out of the crowd as the lucky recipient of this giant stuffed bear. It was pretty funny. Kate then insisted that the bear wear all of her beads that she'd been wearing.
Checking out all of the goods after we got home
Emily just thinks the beads look perfect to chew on!
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