Halloween New Orleans Style

Mickey Mouse
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This was our first Halloween with Cohen and we weren't sure what to expect being in New Orleans. Unfortunately "trick-or-treating" isn't that big here....probably because of the City's high crime rate. However, we did find two events where Cohen could trick-or-treat and they were over the top AMAZING!! I was so surprised.

Ghosts in the Oaks was held in the carousel gardens of City Park (my favorite place in New Orleans). The carousel gardens has a story book theme and rides and roller coasters, games, everything you can imagine is here. It is honestly like being in the middle of a fairy tale. Tickets to the event were kind of steep, but the proceeds went toward a good cause and we had an absolute blast. Cohen went around, with a little help of course, to different story book characters and collected his candy in the bright orange pumpkin. Cohen was mickey mouse and Stu and I (in our last minute costumes) went as Mario and Luigi (NOTE: we were supposed to be Snow White and Buzz Lighyear, but we waited too long and we were left picking between two hot dog costumes or Mario and Luigi). Our costumes were actually a hit and we got a lot of high fives!! We saw another family of Nintendo characters. The dad was Mario one of the children was Luigi and the other was Toad Stool and the VERY pregnant mother was Princess Peach.

The next night we went to Boo At The Zoo!! I am so happy I purchased our tickets two weeks in advance because it was surprisingly sold out. Again with steep ticket prices I didn't think it would be sold out. I didn't think anything could top Ghosts in the Oaks, but i was wrong. This was the coolest kiddie carnival/concert I have ever seen. I can't imagine the time and money that went into putting this together. We took a train ride around the zoo...cohen was not happy at first...then he got scared and cried....but when the train stopped to music and dance of Michael Jackson's Thriller....Cohen was all smiles. We ate, we laughed, we danced on stage with Cohen to very SILLY kiddie songs, and we partied until we were all pooped.

This was the best halloween!!