Saturday Parades

Today we beat the cold and went out to the parades. It stopped raining but it was still grey and overcast so we bundled up and brought a blanket. In the beginning Chance was not sure what was happening but he was amazed by all of it. He watched the bands and his eyes got wide when the floats went by. We caught lots of beads and other things. I learned that having a baby at the parades gets you a lot of stuffed animals. We watched Ponchantrain and then folowing that was Shangra-La. Chance stayed warm with all his layers of clothes and then when the wind picked up a little with his blanket. All the people were very nice, a bead landed on him and scared him, when I picked him up to comfort him is when the people on the floats started giving him stuffed animals. We came home with 6 stuffed animals, a football, a plush soccer ball and an oversized plastic pacifier. He made a haul. Tomorrow we are off to Barkus which is the all dog parade that goes through the Quarter.