Mardi Gras Parade at the Boardwalk

On Fat Tuesday, I wanted to take Aubrey to the Mardi Gras parade at the Boardwalk.  We didn't get to go to either of the big parades in Shreveport because it was either too cold, or we had something else to do.  So, I wanted to take him to this parade.

We met Jeff at work, and then went down to the Boardwalk for the parade.  As soon as we got there, we found a great spot right along the street, and I was all set for a great time.

On the way there, Aubrey fell asleep in the car, and when I got him out of the carseat, he was not a happy camper.  So, needless to say, this great time I was looking forward to turned into one big fiasco.  Aubrey did not want to sit in the stroller, nor did he want either one of us to hold him.  In fact, he would have been perfectly happy running down the street away from us.

Also, the perfect spot that I thought we had chosen turned out to be at the very end of the parade, which made for another problem.  By the time we could even see a glimpse of the parade coming our way, Aubrey was DONE!  He was crying and kicking and Jeff had had just about enough.  So, we started walking to leave, but we couldn't get across the street to get back to the parking garage.  So nobody was a happy camper.

To make things even worse, we decided to go and eat at Saltgrass.  This was the first time we had ventured to a nice restaurant other than Trejos since we've known Aubrey has food allergies. . . . Needless to say, it was a D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R.  We had to get our food to go!  Jeff and I made a pact after we left there that we would not be eating out anymore unless we had a babysitter!