We went to Satchmo Summerfest today. This is a a festival held in the French Quarter at this same time every year. We have gone every year we have lived here. Today was the festival kickoff in Armstrong Park. This is a great big park on the edge of the French Quarter, we haven't had many opportunities to explore this park because it has been closed for a long time after Katrina and actually the park has only been open consistently for about a month now. So, today in the park there was a presentation and a band playing as well as cake served to celebrate Louis Armstrong's birthday.
We had a lot of fun at the park we walked all around then we discovered that there was a wadding pool and even though it was early in the morning the sun was heating us up quickly so we took off our shoes and socks and went in. It is amazing how it will cool your body down just by putting your feet in cool water.
From the water we could just hear the band int he background, it was great. After walking and wading in the water Chance and Scott took a walk while I talked to Andrea, one of the Moms
from our playgroup who was also there, during that walk Chance (with a little help) climbed a tree. In the video below Scott is pretending the chase Chance around and Chance runs right into my lap. We plan to go out and explore the festival more tomorrow and Sunday so there will be more updates on the festival soon.
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