Harper and the Technicolor Dream Heart: baby girl gets her Catholic on

Since we’ve been bringing Harper to Mormon church with us every week, we decided it was time to let her exercise her agency and get a taste of religious diversity. Luckily it happened to be Easter Sunday, which gave Harper the chance to check out a Catholic parade. Having witnessed the Easter crucifix pilgrimage in Spain, I was expecting something along the lines of men arduously carrying crosses followed by people cloaked in Catholic robes somberly waving incense. What we found was so much better. We parked (well, Rivers parked) beside a mote, which spiced the evening up right off the bat (see picture below). Once crossing the ravine, we followed the trail of rose petals to find…Men carrying crosses? Nope. Priests waving incense? Nope. Actually, we came to find a mass of people congregating around a Sacred Heart on a big screen lit up by a neon laser light show. Awesome. Harper seemed to enjoy watching the people dressed as angels, princesses and wise men as they paraded down the street to the sweet sounds of a live Latin marching band. In the spirit Hallow-Easter, I was going to offer Harper to play baby Jesus, but thought the gender confusion might have a lasting effect on our daughter, and Rivers reminded me that a baby wasn‘t so important for this particular holiday. At any rate, the verdict is out. Harper enjoyed the evening so thoroughly that she just might convert.