Port Arthur Mardi Gras

On Saturday, February 21st Port Arthur held it's annual mardi gras festival and jim was off! We got to attend this mardi gras as a family. Thanks to mom we were there about 1 hour too early because I thought it started at 5:00 and it didn't start until 6:00. So we were left to entertain a 2 year old for about an hour with nothing really to do. We walked and looked at all the sights and smells. All along the street people were sitting in their lawn chairs and she kept wanting to sit in them too but mom and dad forgot or really didn't even think about bringing chairs. We eventually saw a street vender and Ava saw that he had little japanese looking umbrellas and she said, "I need a brella." But daddy said no you don't and tried to convince her that she didn't need one but good old mom was there to save the day. I had to take Ava's side and tell him this was part of the fun of going to a festival like this. And that she DID need a "brella". When the parade finally did start Ava had a blast. She is such the little bead magnet. People on floats would throw directly to her and wave. She ate it up! We ended up comming home with a large brown bag full of throws and beads. She has enjoyed playing with them and I'm sure will enjoy them untill she gets new beads in a couple of weeks at Godfather Davids.