Mardi Girl

"Mardi Girl, Mardi Girl, you don't even know what Mardi Girl is," Grayson sings to his sister who is busy searching for a Dora backpack.

"Uh huh, I do too," returns Abby.

"Then what is it," challenges her brother.

"Penis."  Abby decides.

"No.  You're wrong.  It's famous.  It lasts a whole WEEK and I get off from school and you might not."

"It's penis," Abby explains.

"No.  It's not.  It's a pa-RADE and it goes all week AND kids can go but you might not."

Abby, my Mardi Girl, your brother is right.  You are staying at home on house arrest with Mommy during Mardi Gras. 

Until you're thirty.