Mardi Gras + Yummy Earth

My Sweets took Buby and Bleu in his Jeep to the annual fish parade in the mountains and came back with these fun snapshots for me. I call it the Mardi Gras of the Northeast. I just love creative people, don't you? The day was pretty cold and rainy, but our offspring are die-hard festival junkies who held out to the end.


We go to this event every year and knew the floats would be throwing candy we didn't want the children to have. Plus, the night before we were out late at a birthday party and had to discard the goody-bag treats we found. So as a peace offering for all the junk we would not let them near, we traded them each one pomegranate-flavored lolli for the weekend. Buby and Bleu happily packed them into their parade bag and waited patiently for the festivities to begin.


Ever since Bleu's dreaded 3-year well visit, I've kept a bag of Yummy Earth lollipops hidden in our pantry so that I could drop one in my purse for emergencies... Like when the nurse offered her a lolli for being so brave, instead of saying "no thanks" again I could slip her a healthier version.


Yummy Earth lollipops are USDA certified organic and made with real fruit extracts. No corn syrups, no artificial dyes, and the flavors are 100% natural. It might take us years to get through the bag at the rate we're going, since we don't like to promote sweets on a regular basis, but I must say it's handy to have something in-house for desperate times.


P.S. Later that evening Bleu went fishing and caught her very first trout. I can't believe I missed that.