Happy Mardi Gras

Today we went to the Krewe of Barkus and Meoux Parade in celebration of Mardi Gras. Not being from LA, Justin and I are not that big into the whole over done celebration or the extra crowds of people. However, we thought it would be fun to see all of the dogs and cats (and 3 ponies and one parrot) dressed up for the ccelebration. There were hundreds of dogs everywhere, but we only actually saw one cat. There were dog tricks and costume contests and lots of cute but very overpriced doggie things for sale. Justin was excited to see 3 huskies and I was happy to see several dozen golden retrievers. There were a few chocolate labs, none as handsome as Rebel, and tons of yorkies, none of which can compare to my perfectly precious Bit Bit. I am considering working very hard with bit bit over the next year so i can enter him and maybe win Lord of Chow or something fun. The boys had a blast and enjoyed pettng all the dogs and seeing their funny costumes. They even got ballons, both of which popped before we got back to the car. Aidric enjoyed being carried the whole time and checking out all the things that were at his eye level. We are looking forward to next Saturday when we will hopefully attend the Krewe of Gemini...THEE parade to see and be seen at.