Fat Sunday

The church associated with Monroe's preschool celebrates the weekend before Mardi Gras by inviting the preschool kids to sing in the church and then treating them to a pancake breakfast. Pancakes are a traditional meal for Mardi Gras in many parts of the country--they were used as a way to consume all the yummy sugar, eggs, butter, milk and other rich foods that would not be served during the season of Lent.

Monroe has been announcing daily that she'd be singing the last Alleluias of the season "On Sunday, March Sixth" (she was always very precise about the date) so I figured we should attend the service she was so excited about!

Here's a photo of the other excited preschool parents taking a photo. :-)

Here's a short clip of the kids singing "Alleluia Gloria." I wonder how many of the children assume this is a song about Teacher Gloria?

After the kids got rid of the Alleluia banner, they went to the preschool auditorium for Mardi Gras crafts and games, all finished with a big pancake breakfast!

Monroe tried on her Mardi Gras mask on the way home.