Fat Tuesday

Throughout the year there are fun opportunities to partake in various celebrations or traditions.  Mardi Gras (French for Fat Tuesday) is one such example.  We discussed why Mardi Gras falls on the calendar when it does heralding in the next holiday, Easter.  We learned what each of the Mardi Gras colors stood for; gold represents power, green represents faith and purple represents justice.

 That morning Izzy came out of her bedroom dressed in the three Mardi Gras colors.  I do enjoy her personality and willingness to be her own soul.  I pointed out that her Disney ears that we brought home last month were those colors.  After promising to take care of the ears at school, she was tickled to wear them as a statement piece.

 Mardi Gras was also the day Izzy was scheduled to have braces.  She has been thinking about what colors to choose for the bands.  Why not the Mardi Gras colors!  She's been scheming about her next color choice after learning she can change them every 6 weeks. 

As Micah found the baby last year, he was responsible for hosting this years celebration.  Thinking he wasn't a fan of cooking, we settled for the closest Creole restaurant.  We headed to the Shaking Crab.  There are no utensils unless you order something like soup or pasta.  Your food is shaken in the flavors and style you choose and served in the bag on the table.  No plates.  No forks.  Only bibs and gloves.

 John ordered crawfish while Izzy and I shared shrimp and snow crab.

 Izzy and I make our own king cake the day prior during the snow day.  I hid the baby without anyone knowing where it was.  Once the frosting and sprinkles went on, even I couldn't recall where was the baby.  The cake was cut into 5 pieces.  Everyone chose which piece they wanted with me taking the final one to avoid claims of me knowingly choosing the baby.  Much to my surprise, I had the baby!  Looks like I'll have to host next year's party.