New Orleans

About a month ago, we took a day trip to New Orleans for a fun family outing. We ate at Cafe Maspero for yummy lunch of some fried shrimp po-boys and then took a little stroll through the French Quarter. The kids enjoyed looking at the Mississippi River and I think the train that came by was one of the main highlights of their day. The threatening rain clouds you see below did rain for most of the afternoon. We took cover in Cafe Du Monde and enjoyed their famous beignets. Funny thing happened there- Ava was sitting in my lap and all of a sudden I feel wetness- I almost drop her out of my lap trying to stand up- she had leaked out of her diaper on me and my shorts! Yuck! Thank goodness I had on black and I moved her before I got soaked! I think between her leaky diapers and the rain she went through 3 outfits that day. We only had one small umbrella with us- we waited and waited for the rain to stop but it never did so we had to walk all the way from Cafe Du Monde to the Aquarium in the rain! Noah & I shared the umbrella but Nathan got wet and so did Ava in the stroller. They were pretty good sports about it though- we tried to take cover under the store awnings when we could.

The train whistle was LOUD!


Ava getting a taste of her first beignet!

This picture is taken from the back of Cafe du Monde- we stopped under one of their awnings to decide how we were going to maneuver through the rain. We got to watch them making the beignets! I never knew this was there out of all the times I've been there. It was so cool and there was a TON of powdered sugar! And the guy was flinging them into the oil- it was pretty funny... and then he threw powdered sugar on the window at Noah!!