Before all the parade festivities seen in the Mystic photos below, the Mariners have started a brunch tradition at the Firehouse as sort of a pre-game warm up.

Frivolity follows, and Little Dick on the griddle comes up with pancakes like this:

We then began a rousing game of ‘Who’s under the bear head?’

Play along at home!

Exhibit A:

Another view:

A little more challenging?

Exhibit B:

Another view:

Apparently, she could reach that high.  Actually, I’m a little bit scared of bears with swords, let’s go to Mystic.

Once in Mystic, we found the little people still about:

Oh, and here’s the littlest!

Well, that pretty much wraps up what was St.Patrick’s Month for the Mariners.

And all the good little boys and girls went sleepy-bye.