How does a New Orleans family do it? All the parades, all the loot, all the accessories… we must tote the costumed kids, the ladders, the stools, the coolers and the snacks…?
This is how we do it.
(By the way, yesterday, Kate was a cowgirl and Will was Peter Pan.)
I’m sure others have done the kid-riding-on-the-ladder thing, but we still get stares. Mostly, it’s parents looking at us going, ‘why didn’t we think of that?!’
Paul admits that this would be hard to do if he’d been drinking all afternoon.
(Side note: The costumes today were Mardi Gras Butterfly and Superman.)
Oh, and Will’s new thing? To correct the way we say “Mardi Gras” to the French pronunciation. Basically, it’s just like how we say it now, but with the added inflection you’d give it if you were trying to dislodge something stuck in the back of your throat. It’s what makes all things in French sound so pretty.
Aren’t I allowed just one beefcake picture? Gotta get it all out of my system before Lent, you know!
While Paul does the heavy lifting, I follow with cooler, accessories, and loot bags. Randomly stopping to photograph festivities along the walk…
It’s Mardi Gras time!
Emily R | 16-Feb-09 at 9:44 am | Permalink
so, do you then sit on the ladder?
liprap | 16-Feb-09 at 5:57 pm | Permalink
That part with the wheels on it is where the kids sit once the ladder is set up.
And we haven’t succumbed to the ladder seat…but we do, on occasion, pull a wagon with us with our foldout seats on it. And remember, don’t set up the ladder right on the curb!
charlotte | 16-Feb-09 at 8:06 pm | Permalink
You have the best posts!
I’m surprised you share your beefcake with the rest of us. 🙂