It’s not fun until someone throws up. Right?

In a crazy, spur of the moment insanity- Danielle and I decided to take all of our kids to New Orleans for the day today. It’s Spring Break, we thought, so why not? At this point some of you might be wondering who Danielle is. Easy: she’s my awesome friend who happens to do a mean job of cutting, coloring, and styling my hair. She and I also do Cub Scouts together and her husband Trin gets along famously with my Ernie. Her kids are great, so it was pretty much a perfect fit for a day trip.

We set off this morning with a very general schedule and told the kids that the only thing that was for certain was that we were NOT going to the Aquarium in New Orleans, which costs an astronomical amount per person. WARNING: this post has a tremendous amount of pictures. So if you don’t like looking at adorable children doing cute things- stop reading now.

We spent most of the day in the French Quarter and the weather was perfect. 

Then the kids decided that they really wanted to start a band.

And we discovered Mardi Gras masks- which were awesome at only $2.50 each! (“Yes, OF COURSE you can each choose one!”)

We lunched…

And we ventured down the Riverwalk. Where massively crazy people hang out- like this guy who was literally painting himself blue with an actual can of spray paint. The kids couldn’t get over it- or the fact that you could see his fangs when he flashed them a smile (go ahead and click on the picture of him waving). Ah, the creeps that live in New Orleans.

And then we finished downtown NOLA by heading over to the Cafe Du Monde for some beignets.

Then we packed up and headed to City Park where the kids literally played for 2 solid hours more. At which point we drove home, the kids cried, and as soon as we got back to the house Max threw up. Which tells me that everyone had as much fun as they could possible stand, and then some. And- of course- they are already asking me when we can go back and do it again.