Cowboy at his first Mardi Gras Parade!

 William and Uncle Matt are ready for the Orange Beach Parade!

Cowboy enjoyed the parade, especially seeing all the other dogs!

 Hannah with her beads!

Even Cowboy is wearing Mardi Gras Beads!

Then to the beach to chase the seagulls! 

Hannah running in the waves

 Emily's big jump!

A beautiful day at Orange Beach!

 Aunt Mo and William are ready for the parades to start!

 Hannah and Emily are ready too!

 Boom!  This cannon fired right in front of us!

We enjoyed the first parade, The Shadow Barons...

and then caught more beads at the second parade, The Firetruck Parade! 

 Emily showing off her catches!

Hannah will play her guitar for beads!

We are ready for the long Mardi Gras weekend!

William is in a special Mardi Gras Parade at school!

The girls are ready for the parade to start!

Hannah was very excited to catch a ring pop

 Throw us something, William!

 Now it is William's turn to play Keep Away from Cowboy!

Dada surprised us girls with flowers!  Emily loves the roses!

Hannah loves the flowers too!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hannah's class Valentine Party!

 Emily's class Valentine Party!

We also watched William's class deliver their Valentines into classmates boxes.

A boy and his dog...

They love playing fetch!

Cowboy loves sticks!

William turning a cartwheel in the sand

 There were so many seashells

A beautiful afternoon at Orange Beach.

 William and Cowboy both love the tennis ball!

 We are working on fetch...

 but Cowboy thinks Keep Away is a more fun game!

William chases him laughing until they are both exhausted!

 Today was Fairhope's Majestic Mutts of Revelry Parade.  This was my favorite costume-such a cute Golden Crab!  We may have to start thinking about a costume for Cowboy and let him make his first parade appearance next year!

 The King and Queen's Float

William was excited to catch a snake! 

 William is so excited for his first Spend the Night Party for his friend's 6th Birthday!  He packed his backpack with his favorite Star Wars pjs, Spiderman pillow and took his Cars sleeping bag.

 Dada, Mama, Mimi and the girls enjoy a rainy night out for our first Mardi Gras Parade!

 "Throw me something, Mister!"

The girls showing Cowboy their loot!  Cowboy barks as they blow their new horns!

Field Trip day for William!  First Stop: The Post Office. The kids had a behind the scene tour of the post office and then each child mailed a special Valentine letter addressed to their parents.

Second Stop: The Fire Station

All of the kids had a turn to feel how heavy a fireman's backpack is and to hold the water hose from the truck.

 Class Picture

Third Stop: The park for a picnic lunch! After lunch the kids enjoyed cupcakes for a classmate's birthday.  If only you could have heard these boys complaining about the princess plates and napkins and then have seen how fast they devoured their princess cupcakes!

Mardi Gras Craft Day

We made masks from our handprints!

And then had fun playing at the park!

 Poor Cowboy trying to find room to rest on his dog bed.

Princess Emily loving on her Cowboy.