Mardi Gras Day 2010

Mardi Gras Day - Feb. 16th, 2010 we went down to Metairie, on Severn this year and celebrated with Chad, Jessica, Tori, Cody and there Family for Mardi Gras. They go there every year, but it was a new spot for us. We liked it, there was some make shift barricades partially in front of us, but you could go in front of them since they were not everywhere. We got out there at 6am, which means we left our house at around 5. It was very cold and windy so we decided since Gracy was still a little sick, and had just had her little eye surgery it was better to leave her with Grammy and Poppy. We dressed Lucy up in Gab's old Frog Costume an out we went. We were quite bundled up, except me, I forgot my SHOES! Of all things, had tons of stuff for everybody, but I had on Craigs over sized Crocs, He did go walk down and found an open CVS and bought me 3 pair of socks and I put them all on then his crocs. Dont ask, it was an early morning I guess. The kids had a blast. Kam said he could only smell Bear and bad Breath all day. He made friends with one of Chads friends that came with us, He was around 50 years old, drunk, and would raise his shirt, and scream and holler at all the people that came by, WELL so would Kam, he was a riot. Lucy, Gab, Craig and I were on Stuffed Animals and bead duty on the other side of the little medium we were on. Gab and Lucy got around 50 or 60 stuffed animals that day. They really had a good time. Craig and I's back were killing us, because Lucy needed to be held the whole day so she could get more things, but she LOVED it, she still talks about how she raised her hands and would scream for baby's. It was a good tradition we kept going this year and will do again next. This was Gabby's 10th Mardi Gras Day, she was only 2 months old for her first Mardi Gras Day, and she hasn't missed one yet!

"Lucy loved each and every animal they threw to her"

"The face just say's it all, She LOVED MARDI GRAS"

"Waiting for more to come, she was just smiling all day, I bet her face hurt from smiling so much"

"Gab just loved all the parades, Lucy would grab Every body's attention and they would both get animals -Gab even got a few ROSES from Teen guys"

"Trying out our skills, holding a kid on one side, trying to catch things on the other side, while Lucy held onto about 5 stuffed animals at a time."
"Jessica with Tori, waiting for the next float to come bye"

"Happy Mardi Gras Ya'll"