Throw Me Something, Mister!

Yesterday was Mardi Gras, and we had a blast going to both the Gulf Shores parade and the boat parade. There were large crowds for both parades, but luckily we found great spots at both. The staff at King Neptune's were super-nice to let us hang out in front of their restaurant, and they even gave out goodies while we waited for the parade to start! At the boat parade, we did have to wait over an hour to see the first boat, but since we have the dvd player in the car, we just watched cartoons until the boats arrived. We also met some great people at both parades, and it was nice to see how friendly everyone was about not hogging the beads (yes, they did throw beads from the boats!). We didn't have to worry about Hampton not getting enough goodies, though, because Hampton got the hook up at the GS parade! Of course, it doesn't hurt that he had 3 Grandparents there to round up as many throws as they could.

here we are.....Hampton was too interested in some of his goodies to look at the camera

catching throws as the pirate ship float "sailed" by

Randi, in her famous hairdo.

You wouldn't believe the people that came up to her to compliment it!

The loot that we got at the Gulf Shores parade, including 165 beads and 24 moon pies!