What a fun-filled, action-packed day Minnow and I had today. The festivites started with Minnow waking up at 4:45 am ready to go for the day…well at least ready to go until 6:30am when he fell fast asleep in the middle of playing with his legos. This is the weekend before the big Mardi Gras celebration in our city and the weekend before the Mardi Gras weekend is the Mardi Gras dog parade. Yes, I did say dog parade. Upwards of 8000 dogs attend with their owners and then there are thousand more of us watching the dogs prance around in their costumes (yes the dogs dress up) and watch the wiener dog derby. People throw beads and drink and reveal in a pre-Mardi Gras warm up. Minnow had a blast and it wasn’t long before he was screaming for beads and clapping for the dogs and handing our high fives.
He was tuckered out after all of his Mardi Gras Partying and needed to be rested for Sesame Street Live.
Minnow had an absolute blast and now Mommy is tired and wants to go to bed. Childhood is awesome and being a parent is even better.
Embracing Imperfection 
So cute! The dog parade looks like fun! We wanted to go (and only take 1 dog – who to choose?) but Micah & I both got sick. 😦 Hopefully next year when he’s able to enjoy it like Minnow did!
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I have been reading your blog for a little while and I had no idea you were also in the St. Louis area. My husband and I are in the middle of our homestudy, so we can adopt a little girl from Ethiopia. I have been trying to network with others who are adopting or have adopted from Ethiopia, in our area, but due to our agency being out of state, it has been a difficult task. Please feel free to check out our website at http://www.wolterbaby.com–I am new to blogging & the website is a work in progress. Not as user friendly as I would like, but it is getting there. Thank you for your posts–I enjoy them!!
Vickey Wolter
St. Louis, Mo
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