Mardi Gras...

I never knew what Mardi Gras was until I moved here. I still can't believe my kids get off from school for 3 days either. This year we decided to be a little more festive. The girls helped me make a king cake, which looks ugly but oh so tasty. We didn't have a miniature plastic baby to hide inside of it so we used a plastic ballerina instead. Kaitlyn ended up getting that piece of course! Then we made masks, put on our beads and saw a parade. It's so funny because we've lived here for 3 years now, which is half of Kaitlyn's life, most of Lexie's life and all of Greyson's life. My children are becoming true Louisianians. Kaitlyn will come home from school and put her "book sack" on the counter. Yep that's right, it's not a "back pack", but a "book sack". She says "yes ma'am" all the time, even though I didn't teach her that. I'll ask her what she had for lunch at school and here are some of her favorites: gumbo, jambalaya, poboys and craw-fish. What ever happened to the traditional chicken nuggets or pasta! Too funny.