Monday, February 15, 2010

Mardi Gras!

We headed out to a kid's Mardi Gras parade on Sunday afternoon. We headed town to Galveston and made sure we got there early to stake out our spot. After about an hour and a half it was time for the parade to start. It started off with people and their dogs, more people and their dogs, and more people and their dogs. And then it was over. What the heck!

Luckily the people next to us told us that was the dog parade and the children's parade was next so we wait about another hour and the parade started. Bodin was ticked off at first when they threw necklaces and not candy. I explained to him that the game for Mardi Gras is to see how many beads you can get. You wave at them and yell BEADS... BEADS. Now that it is a competition, he is loving it! He even got a Batman necklace. Landon, next time you need to come down for this parade, it is your kind of parade. I must say that the kid's did get their fair share of beads. Happy Mardi Gras!


We then went home and had our Valentine dessert that McKinna, Bodin, and I had worked on that morning. (If you know me well, you know I hate Jell-O so this was out of love for my children:)).

1 comment:

Natalie said...

yes, Happy Mardi Gras! Fat Tuesday is a huge day for celebration! we even celebrated here in gilbert with our little family! we made beignets...yum!

what you're suppose to yell is, "throw me somethin' mister!" it's a famous saying for mardi gras parades!

laissez les bon temps rouler! {another famous new orleans saying that is french for Let the Good Times Roll}