Fat Tuesday~ not your ordinary "Tuesday"

Mardi Gras...

You either get it or you don't...

You either love it or hate it.

NOLA proud to call it home!

Mardi Gras Day 2011

our day in pictures

Happy Mardi Gras y'all!

Loaded up and ready to go

our gear

Wanna ride?

Heading to the Mardi Gras...

Too cool not to capture!  

Watching Rex on St. Charles Avenue

Throw me something Mister!

Hey Mardi Gras!  Get them hands up...

Fancy... "even our trees have bling."

Mardi Gras feet...

Roman and his VIP seating.

Dressed to impress

See you again next year!

Griffin who?

Griffin?

Griffin who??

I'm afraid you must have the wrong guy...

 My plan is to keep G in "disguise" until Friday in hopes that

"THREE" does not find him.

Three years old already...

Say it isn't so!

Small town LA Mardi Gras

Born and raised in small town southern Louisiana

it was always something that we "did."

Mardi Gras to me is not "girls gone wild," like the media leads you to believe.

It is about families spending time together.

Seeking out the perfect spot

and setting up house for the day.

Soaking up the sun and sharing the experience with 1,000,000 of your closest friends.

Just for a day

that plastic bead and prized doubloon 

seem so important.

I am happy that I am now sharing in the revelry 

with my family.

What a treat

to take in the sights,

dance to the marching bands,

and watch the floats roll by...

Me and my boys...

Roman enjoyed his
reserved seating.

Griff and Satch
waiting on the parade.

my world

lunch

Mardi Gras~ VIP style

I heart this man.

Griff loving on Shelia.

Today was a success.

We had a really good time

and are looking forward

to Fat Tuesday!

Fancy shoe reunion

This morning I was getting dressed to go to a parade.

G went into my closet and brought out my fancy shoes for the day.

He said, "Here Mommy tchoes to wurk."

(Here Mommy shoes to work)

 His fancy shoe selection for me was the furry leopard pair to the left.

I had to laugh.

What IN THE WORLD does my child think that I do for a living.

I bought these shoes many moons ago.

I like to pull them out for a night out on the town with Satch.

I have the perfect little black dress to accompany the shoe.

It just so happens that:

(a) a night out on the town with Satch

and 

(b) the perfect little black dress

do not exactly come out to play very often.  

Until that day,

they wait for me on the shelf...

with a entirely too many few of their closest friends.

 Okay,

so I may be responsible for my son

and his fondness of shoes... 

 Ummmm,

yeah....

I have to keep stepping back

in order to show 

the whole truth.

Why in the world does a person need so many pair of shoes?

That is a very good question!

The beauty of the shoe...

they are a great way to accessorize

and pregnant, or not

your feet stay true to size. 

Rain on my parade...

We knew it was coming.

The meteorologists warned us all week.

BUT,

Surely they were wrong...

We packed up this morning

and headed down the bayou for the parade.

After a round trip

BACK HOME

I guess those news guys were onto something.

Once home the parade decided to roll....

Through our kitchen.

Featuring Satch as the Grand Marshal,

King Griff

and Prince Roman...

WAIT....

This parade is missing something.

The marching bands!

Bring on the instruments.

All of the parading fun even brought

Uncle Al out of retirement

(for a minute)

The Mardi Gras is just too strong to resist...

A little rain

did

not 

dampen this parade.

King of Carnival

Today Griff and his classmates had a parade at school.

As soon as I walked in King Griff was so proud of his newly acquired "loot."

The boys were proudly wearing their "King" crowns

while the girls donned their "Queen" tiaras. 

I proudly present to you

the royal court.

 Once home our art project of the day were Mardi Gras masks

for Griff and Ro-sky.

We finished our masks just in time

to crank up the music

and parade around the house.

I sure hope that my boys enjoy Mardi Gras

as much as their Momma.

AND the Daddy too!

Momma time

Today I got together with some of my favorite Mommas

for a little Momma time!

It is always a pleasure to get together

to chat about life, love, and babies...

Here we are gathered around the kitchen table
just like Mommas and friends do.

I am proud to say that we are doing our part to re-populate this city,

one beautiful baby at a time!

Here are our newest beauties

destined to be friends

born one day apart...

Parker

Vivienne

Thank goodness for these two lovely ladies.

Due to the unusually large number of boys

I was beginning to wonder if we were heading towards extinction.

Glad that my child makes himself comfy where ever he may be~
even if it is inside the end table.

Adorable Emma.... no longer the only one in pink.

Luke... no words for this cuteness.
Don't you want to give him a squeeze?

I'm pretty sure Apple will be calling me for the rights of this picture.
Steve.... call me. ;)

Roman... the ultimate crumb catcher.

Giggles and a belly full of crumbs.

Becca stealing a kiss from Evan.
Looking lovely as ever with a bun in the tum.

Momma and sweet Vivi.
Awesome job venturing out with 2!

Peek a-boo... 

I see you! Nacho Libre?

WORE OUT= a good time!

Thanks to Kristy for letting us wreck hang out at your house.

As always you are such a gracious hostess 

with such a warm and happy home!