The South has a lot to offer that I have never experienced before... Mardi Gras is one of them! Hattiesburg has a really awesome, family friendly, Mardi Gras parade that we went to with a few people from church. Parades are pretty awesome in general, but this parade was especially fun because each of the floats would throw out TONS of beads, toys, candy, and other random stuff. We had to use an empty grocery bag for all our loot! The parade was right in the middle of Hazel's naptime so she was a little too tired to really enjoy herself, but we had a pretty good time.
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| Hazel's new Winnie the Pooh |
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| Jessi and Wes Wes |
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| Nicole and Hope |
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| Gabbie got her face painted (she is one of my cute Beehives) |
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| Hazel was very ready for a nap. |
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| Don and Jilean |
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| Jake, Kelsey, and Maddi |
We had walked to the parade and watched it on Hardy Street, in front of
USM, and when the parade ended we headed back home. By the time we got
to our apartment, the floats were driving past on our street headed back
to where the parade had started... and since all the floats had TONS of
extra stuff so they were tossing it out to Chris and Hazel and I as
they drove past. So we basically got 2 parades. One float even gave Hazel a GIANT Winnie the Pooh bear. Mardi Gras is one of my new favorite holidays.
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