Baahing at the Barkus and Meow Parade

Thursday, January 31 while my daughter, Jacquie, and I were getting pedicures; I chose to have my toenails painted purple, gold and green for the Mardi Gras season; Jacquie mentioned the Barkus and Meow parade was Sunday.  I told her I was going to ask Don if he was up to taking the grandkids and enter the goats in the parade.  This is the one parade that one can just show up and enter!  I really thought it was a long shot that Mr. Introvert would entertain that notion for a second.  But "Sure!" he said. So I spent Friday and Saturday making and gather 5 costumes and devising a way for Dottie Belle and Gypsy Ginger to pull a wagon with Kennedy in it.  Don and I practiced with the goats before we told the children what "our" plan was.  We found a scrap piece of PVC pipe about 30" long and put the 2 leashes through it to keep the goats straight, looped the leashes through the handle on the wagon and clipped them on the goat's collars.  It actually worked well.  I didn't photographically document it very well. I was too rushed and was afraid of trying Don's patience.

Getting ready to line-up.

The theme for our float was Capricorn.  Connor was the mythical god, Pan (half goat/half man). Notice hat with horns. This picture shows some difficulty. The goats kept losing their boas.

 Notice Kennedy is not riding in the wagon.  It took way too long for the parade to start, so I had to carry her most of the time. So the boys used the wagon for the candy and beads to throw.

Here's the professional video from the parade.  We actually made it at the 1:58 mark.  It's just a very quick appearance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5rt4T3R67c

Don summed-up his experience as an intravert's nightmare with all those people jumping out and wanting to pet the goats.

The children, goats and I had fun, but were totally exhausted.  Dottie Belle spent the rest of the afternoon lying down.  Gypsy is a high energy kind of girl, so she fared the best.