We celebrated Mardi Gras this weekend with the Endymion parade in New Orleans. We staked out our spot early, picnicked, played, then watched the parade. The weather was absolutely perfect! We had a wonderful time wearing silly hats, eating cotton candy, and scrambling to catch beads, doubloons, and all sorts of other treats thrown our way!
There are a lot of pictures here, but I couldn't narrow them down!
I made matching outfits for Anne Parks and Maggie, but I never seemed to be able to get them both to stand still at the same time to get a good picture.
Down from our spot on Canal was a church with restrooms and a playground. We took advantage of both!
Aaron surprised us with a silly-string attack. As you can see, Anne Parks was not amused. She was shouting, "My daddy! My daddy!"
Cousins Cecilia and Aubrey
Grandma and Aunt Kay had matching outfits, too!
"Throw me something, mister!"
Uncle Aaron demonstrates the proper bead-catching technique
The parade's grand marshal was Kid Rock. Jason snapped this pic just as he was throwing me a bead. After I caught it, I got a point and a wink! I guess Kid isn't above hitting on a pregnant woman!
Wearing a crown with flashing lights and showing off my "gift" from Kid Rock.
Halfway through the parade, the girls started looking pretty droopy. They'd rest between floats; then get a second wind when another came along.
It was finally all too much, and both drifted off to the land of "sleep and dreams" (coincidentally, the theme for this year's parade).
We can't wait for next year!
