We have a little Mardi Gras tradition here in town, even though we're hundreds of miles north of New Orleans. It's nothing like the "real thing" of course but we do have a small parade where lots of beads get tossed to the crowd. It's wintertime up here in the great north and it's still really cold, as you can see from Nate's red cheeks. This was still early in the evening when he didn't have a lot of beads. He managed to grab a lot more loot before the parade ended.
We put Sean in the stoller and covered him with a blanket to keep him warm. Usually he's up and about for these kinds of events, but he had a stomach flu earlier in the week and he wasn't quite up to strength yet. Don't worry, he's totally recovered now.
Actually, it's not too much different from the normal parades around here other than a few floats. As usual we have the police motorcycles riding in complicated patterns down the parade route, but it looks a lot more interesting at night with all the lights flashing.
And in one of the stranger displays of the multicultural area we live in, even the local kebob restaurant participates, throwing trinkets to the crowd just like everyone else. I wasn't aware that Mardi Gras was a big deal in India but here you go.
We have a little Mardi Gras tradition here in town, even though we're hundreds of miles north of New Orleans. It's nothing like the "real thing" of course but we do have a small parade where lots of beads get tossed to the crowd. It's wintertime up here in the great north and it's still really cold, as you can see from Nate's red cheeks. This was still early in the evening when he didn't have a lot of beads. He managed to grab a lot more loot before the parade ended.
We put Sean in the stoller and covered him with a blanket to keep him warm. Usually he's up and about for these kinds of events, but he had a stomach flu earlier in the week and he wasn't quite up to strength yet. Don't worry, he's totally recovered now.
Actually, it's not too much different from the normal parades around here other than a few floats. As usual we have the police motorcycles riding in complicated patterns down the parade route, but it looks a lot more interesting at night with all the lights flashing.
And in one of the stranger displays of the multicultural area we live in, even the local kebob restaurant participates, throwing trinkets to the crowd just like everyone else. I wasn't aware that Mardi Gras was a big deal in India but here you go.
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