Easter Parade

We all got dressed up and put Chance in his stroller to walk into the Quarter early this morning to be ready for the Easter Parade. It was a cool but sunny morning so it was perfect weather. We arrived just in time as the parade pulled around the corner. This is a very fancy but not very big parade. Nothing like Mardi Gras. It has been going on for years and by that I mean like over a hundred. In the French Quarter is St. Louis Cathedral people have been worshiping there since 1727 and the seat of government for the area was right next door for a while which was also where the Louisiana Purchase was signed. Lots of people still worship at the cathedral, it is a beautiful place. The parade was begun like most of the Mardi Gras parades because the higher class people wanted to give something back to the lower class people. And so it goes today a bunch of ladies in their Sunday best and Easter bonnets ride through the French Quarter on their way to the cathedral in carriages and convertables handing out stuffed animals and candy to the children on the streets. It was a lot of fun. I held Chance and he got lots of stuffed animals, he smiled at all the ladies as they passed by. They are going too fast for him to get comfortable grabbing the prizes himself so I take them and then hand them to him he then usually gave each one a hug. When we got home he ate some of the candy he was given which made a mess but was much fun. He also played with his stuffed animals on the couch for a while before taking a nap.