Happy Mardi Gras!

Do you celebrate Mardi Gras? We do! My family is all from Mobile, AL, which is the original home of Mardi Gras (take that New Orleans). Our parades are not as famous, but they are just as fun. No, more fun!
My mom (Gigi) can't stand the thought of Indy missing out on the fun and shipped 2 huge boxes full of Mardi Gras stuff for us to have a party and our own parade. This really meant a lot of work for me (something I'm not into unless it involves paint and/or Swedish furniture). We had a party with our neighbors and Indy and his friends had a parade (mercifully short-it was cold out there) outside.

Here are a few of the decorations in my house, using some of the millions of beads, masks and doubloons Gigi sent. Of course my favorite thing were the moon pies, a traditional Mardi Gras throw. They are so bad for you, but so, so, so delicious. The fact that this moon pie has remained under glass for more than a week is no small miracle, let me tell you.




My entry table.

I made a king cake for the party. It is supposed to have a small plastic baby inside, but mom forgot to put one in our package. Depending on who you're talking to, the baby has different meanings. Whoever gets the slice with the baby in it a. has good luck all year b. has to throw the next Mardi Gras party or c. has to make the next king cake. Whatever, the cake was delicious. And pretty, don't you think?


Indy was the leader of the parade.










Here's the "crowd" catching beads and moon pies!


The kids all had a great time and after the parade we ate! There were cajun ribs, shrimp, saffron rice with crab, corn, potatoes, and all sorts of other stuff. For desert we had the king cake and a Coca Cola Cake. Yummy! It was loads of fun, especially for those who had never experienced Mardi Gras before. Indy and I are going downtown to experience Fasching, which is the German version of Mardi Gras. Hope you all have a lovley day! I should have photos of it tomorrow so check back!