{"id":1803,"date":"2007-02-24T20:53:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-25T03:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2007\/02\/24\/carnival-the-lessons-and-wrap-up\/"},"modified":"2007-02-24T20:53:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-25T03:53:00","slug":"carnival-the-lessons-and-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2007\/02\/24\/carnival-the-lessons-and-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival: The Lessons and Wrap-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

– The kids’ ladders are fabulous. A MUST.
– Bring a step-stool, too.
– Wagons are a great asset with two kids and frequent parades. We love <\/span>ours.
– Kids wear tons<\/span> of costumes for Mardi Gras parades and events.
– Parents wear costumes, too.
– Keep boas, hats, and wigs readily available… year round.
– Paul should get a used tux, have it fitted, and keep it on hand.
– I should have an assortment of dresses on hand.
– If you get a throw in a bag, keep it in a bag so that your kid can use it in their school parade next year (it’s easier to throw things in bags).
– Pack flashlights for night parades.
– It is awesome to share Mardi Gras with family and friends.
– Paul and I want to ride on a float; I’m considering joining Muses.
– Take time off BEFORE Mardi Gras to rest and prepare for the long week.
– Cancel everything for Ash Wednesday and stay in bed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

– The kids’ ladders are fabulous. A MUST.– Bring a step-stool, too.– Wagons are a great asset with two kids and frequent parades. We love ours.– Kids wear tons of costumes for Mardi Gras parades and events.– Parents wear costumes, too.– Keep boas, hats, and wigs readily available… year round.– Paul should get a used […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}