02.16
mardi gras…
i want to start off by saying that we have never really recognized mardi gras, and to be totally honest i really do not know anything about the holiday. i didn’t even know that today was mardi gras. until my daughter walked in the door from school with large silver beads around her neck, and yells “HAPPY MARDI GRAS” with an enormous smile on her face. they did celebrate it in school today. the mister picked her up from school this afternoon, because i am not a fan of driving if there is even a chance of the roads being icey. she was telling him about a cake on the ride home, and that there is a baby hidden inside. they were going to whole foods to pick up a pizza for dinner, and she saw one of these cakes in the bakery section. i wish i would have been there…i was told she was beyond excited. because a dad has a hard time saying no to his little girl, and also because a dad has a hard time saying no to cake in general, they brought one of these cakes home. to say the least, this cake didn’t look appetizing at all. it had green, yellow, and purple icing just tossed on. it came with a bag of 4 sets of beads, and a tiny golden baby. i had to google this cake, because i was clueless. here is what wikipedia says about king cake. and here are some photos of the cake and of some colorful photos they made to hang up, taken with the iphone.
