Mardi Gras...
you either do or you don't.
Many may be surprised that Mardi Gras for my family is not what you see on the news.
Sure if you are looking you for Girls gone wild you can find it, but that is not how the locals roll.
Many local families vacation this week and it has more to do with not wanting to fight the crowds and less to do with being afraid that your children will witness lewd sights.
Mardi Gras for us is about hanging out on St Charles avenue with friends and family.
We enjoy the music, sights, floats, and revelry that come with this fun time.
This year my littles were good for about 2 hours.
We went.
We saw.
We left.
All in all we had lots of fun!
Here we are waiting on Rex to roll by.
My boys with their buddy Noah.
Some of our favorite friends.
I laugh every time I look at this picture. :)
Me and Baby Bear trying out the ladder.
We were only up here for a few minutes.
He preferred the view from my hip.
Next year with 1 more little should be very interesting....
These are the sights that you see on St Charles Avenue.
Mardi Gras day is a day to costume with your family.
Entire tribes of people pick a theme and dress for the occasion.
Griff took this picture of Noah.
He was trained well!
My guys waiting on some beads.
Mardi Grasing is hard work.
Time for a juice break.
What'cha talking about Willis?
Here are a few of my favorite sights from our morning.
I love this photo.
You can see the reflection of the hotel that we were standing in front of in his horn.
Very cool...
I love the elaborate details in the floats.
Rex signature float- the boeuf gras
Here they are folks:
The Golden Band from Tigerland
No place else he would rather be!
Griff's favorite spot.
Riding high with his Daddy in the front row.
This was my view of my little guy once his feet finally hit the ground.
It's a NOLA thing...
After we left the parade we stopped for a little lunch.
Love that chicken from Popeyes.
Here are the boys at home checking out each others loot.
Once home we took pictures with Uncle Al.
Uncle Al~ our first son used to come to all of the parades with us when we lived on the parade route.
Happy Mardi Gras y'all!
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