Last week we made a day trip to New Orleans. We spent the whole day in the French Quarter district but had tons of fun. The day started with some wonderful beignets that the kids really enjoyed!
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| Yummy!! |
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| Sheila didn't want to hold it, but sure liked to eat it! |
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| Daddy and Jake showing off his powdered sugar fingers. |
After breakfast went on a carriage ride that the kids were super excited about. Unfortunately for them, it was a historic tour that lasted 30 minutes and Jakob thought it was "too long!!"
We did a little shopping and walking and then had some lunch (because come on, you eat a lot on vacation, right?). We were able to eat outside on the balcony which we all enjoyed. During lunch, the large ferry boat docked and had a 20 minute steam music show. Jakob thought that this part was awesome :)
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| With my mini-me |
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Off to the right of the building is the ferry
we were able to listen to during lunch |
Sheila fell asleep during our walk by the river, so Jakob thought that this was a perfect time for a picture shoot. Here are just a few of the pictures that he had me take, and yes he would stop and pick out where he wanted his picture taken a and then he posed for each one!
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| Stopping for a picture |
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| "I'm a statue" |
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| "Get my picture here too!" |
One of our last stops was St. Louis Cathedral. It was lovely. A wedding rehearsal was happening while we were there so I didn't take any pictures in the church, but will go back to get some another day.
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This was in front of the Cathedral and Lincoln statue.
As you can see, Sheila wasn't really ready to be awake yet. |
We didn't get a picture of the strangest part of the day, but it involved Jakob throwing a fit about us making him go to the bathroom and screaming to the point that a homeless man gave him a dollar. Needless to say that it got Jake to stop screaming (did I mention how tired he was?) and then he was really excited. Don't worry Aunt Tammy, we made him put the dollar away and then we sanitized his hands-again! 6 days later and he still mentions the guy that gave him money! We didn't last much longer after this and went back home before dinner time. Even with the meltdowns we are excited to go back and see more of the city.
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