Thank you, Granddad Owen!

Being from South Louisiana, Stuart and I feel a little home sick this time of year because we know we are missing out on the Mardi Gras celebrations. However, for many years now, Granddad Owen has made it a tradition each year to have an authentic king cake sent by overnight delivery to us.

Well, today we received our delectable king cake! Fed Ex must send a lot of these each year because the outer Fed Ex shipping box is always specially printed with a Mardi Gras theme of beads and doubloons in the traditional purple, gold, and green. Nicholas must remember this box from last year because I didn't even have to tell him what was in the box. He saw it and started squealing, "King Cake! King Cake!"

So it doesn't get all messy and smooshed, Gambino's ships the cake plain and lets the customer add the icing and colored sugars. Nicholas loves decorating the cake himself and he got quite good at gently tapping the little cup of colored sugar onto the icing. I was pretty impressed with what a great job he did.



In addition to the cake, there was also a Mardi Gras poster as well as lots of beads and doubloons in the box. It's not quite like being there for an actual Mardi Gras celebration but thanks to Granddad it's pretty close! Thanks, Granddad!