We had a visitor all the way from Franklin, TN…his name was Flat Evan. He’s based off of a character in the book Flat Stanley, by Jeff Brown and part of a school project to keep children interested in reading. He came to New Orleans just in time to celebrate Christina’s birthday and Mardi Gras holidays with us! 
girls being silly
For Christina’s birthday Flat Evan enjoyed playing games, watching movies, and eating king cake for dessert.
Showing some love
It was Christina’s 15th birthday, so she was working on her driving permit and took him for a ride. WATCH OUT, make sure you wear your seatbelt!!! 
Flat Evan was nervous!!
He also got to play with our dog Samson…well, sort of. Samson really wanted to eat Flat Evan, see his tongue peaking out!
yuuuuuuum
On to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, LA for a weekend of fun. Surprisingly, the weather was perfect for the earliest Mardi Gras date in the history of Mardi Gras. We went to all sorts of parades, including Bacchus and my favorite Orpheus, and caught bags and bags of beads.
throw me somethin' mister!
Flat Evan got LOTS of beads
Flat Evan even got to attend Orpheuscapade, a very formal ball with lots of celebrities and we saw another Flat Stanley character.
We didn’t introduce ourselves because they were on the other side of the floats, and even though Flat Evan is flat, we didn’t want to be the next ones to get flattened by crossing the parade barricade!!
a close up view of one of the beautiful floats with hand-painted flowers and fiber optic lighting on all three cars
We had fun and hope that Flat Evan did as well. Come visit again some time and we’ll see what else Louisiana has to offer.
1 comments:
You are so funny! I'm glad Evan had such a great time traveling around with you guys. :^)
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