Mardi Gras is a BIG deal down here. Justin didn't have to work, and Jack got the whole week off of school. We thought it was a little strange, but we were excited to have the break. We experienced our first Mardi Gras parade. It was quite the experience. We set up camp and waited for the parade. We waited, and waited, and waited. It was supposed to start at one but we didn't actually see any glimpse of it until about 2:30. But it was great weather and we ended up finding a couple more families that we knew, which kept the kids entertained.
Justin decided if there was one word that he could choose as the theme for Mardi Gras, it would be redneck. :) This flag was flying in the back of a pick-up truck across the street from us. They were quite the crowd. But I would have to agree with Justin.....redneck pretty much sums it up! My friend Krista turned to me and said, "I feel like I'm at the zoo!"
Finally we saw the floats coming around the corner, and then the beads started flying! There were beads coming at you left and right. You seriously had to be on the look out because as soon as you weren't paying attention, you would get pelted by a necklace flying through the air.
The start of their "collection" of beads.
You love the guy behind Justin with the perm and purple headband?
The parade went on, and on, and on. We thought we were never going to get home. There were so many people, and no way you could ever leave before it was over. So we kept gathering and collecting the loot.
Anderson eventually fell asleep amongst the chaos. Not sure how he could sleep with all the loud music and loud people. I'm glad he did though.
Jack decided that was the "coolest parade we have ever been to".
When we got home, we weighed our bag of beads...20 lbs!!! If every family went home with 20 lbs. of beads, I can't imagine how many beads they start with for that parade. It was crazy. We had a fun time though, so I would call our first Mardi Gras experience a success. Not sure I would go again, but since we are only here for a year, we figured we better live it up. :)
5 comments:
Looks like you have all the beads for some fun dress up parties!! They just might come in handy!
Holy cow! Sydney would be in heaven with all of those necklaces... and I think she's literally try to wear all 20lbs at the same time too :) Love Jack's rosy cheeks.
That is a lot of beads! LOL! The parade sounds like fun. And your four are cute as always! :)
The beads are amazing and what do you do after Mardi Gras is over. It is not like you can throw them in the toy box. They need their own box!!! (and a big one at that)Why do they throw them to the crowd? I think I know it has something that we won't write here, but I am not really sure. I am glad that you got to experience Mardi Gras. How fun!!!
How fun! I am sure there are some ideas on pinterest about what to do with all those beads. There has to be some cute craft project :)
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