Friends -- here is Sydney's recap from Mardi Gras. It was so good (and REALLY convenient) so I thought I would just paste it on my blog. THANKS SYD!!!!
Courtney, Ben and McCullough came in town for Mardi Gras, and we all went to New Orleans with my Dad and Glo. Wes had to work, so he couldn’t come :( We celebrated Court’s birthday, as well as McC’s first birthday!
We stayed with Uncle Don in his French Quarter condo, which was definitely not designed with toddlers in mind, we had to watch every move the girls made; especially Vera!
As you can see, the girls wasted no time getting comfortable at Uncle Don’s. These steps were the hit of the weekend!
MARDI GRAS!!!
The girls enjoyed the chromatherapy in the bathtub.
We were fortunate enough to be hosted by the Brennan’s and the Brower’s, and Vera and McC loved all of the attention from the party guests.
Cutest Diet Coke ever.
Our hosts had a row of ladders lining St. Charles, and were gracious enough to loan us one for the weekend! The girls LOVED it. The first time I took Vera down for a break, she cried and pointed to the ladder saying, “In it! In it!” Here’s Uncle Austin whistling for beads protecting his nieces.
A spear!!
Vera spotted a man dressed as a chicken dancing with a man dressed as a pig.
I did take pictures of things besides the girls occasionally…
Rain protection technique number one.
Momie!
Rain protection technique # 2
Court and Momie on celebrating Courtney's birthday!
Vera took this picture of our wonderful hostess Leslie!
McC busts into the loot! Every pair of beads she saw, she immediately put around her neck!!
“The kids” went to dinner for Court’s birthday. Thanks, Ben!
They monogrammed the butter especially for Courtney. ;)
Bourbon and St. Peter Saturday morning. This pile is NOTHING compared to the one we saw Sunday morning.
We posed in front of Pat O’s on the way to Cafe’ Du Monde.
The girls enjoyed the beignets! This was McCullough very first beignet experience...she LOVED it!! Despite her daddy's hesitation :)
Vera even took some to-go.
Sunday was chilly, but that didn’t stop us from going out! Here’s Vera with PaPa.
Uncle Ben’s not sure about about the girls being out here…
Because I’m sure you haven’t seen enough pictures of the girls sitting in the ladder!
Vera and PaPa.
On Monday, we stopped at the Audubon Zoo on the way home. Here’s Vera checking out the “mingos.”
Reunited and it feels so good!
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Samuel, Uncle Clint, and Aunt Bethany joined us. All 3 cousins took a picture on the alligator. This setup was commotion!
Vera in my favorite part of the zoo: the Jaguar Jungle/Mayan area with the dancing Macaw.
Ice cream! Thanks Momie!
Partners in crime!
We had a WONDERFUL weekend and it was a great birthday for me!!! Hope you can join us next year (ok, well maybe in a few years)!!
