NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras is often seen as an adults-only, drunken holiday.

  

But while that's certainly a factor along Bourbon Street, Mardi Gras is generally a family-friendly holiday.

  

Children can be seen lining the parade routes, families spend weeks making costumes together and there's even kid-centered parades.

  

Ariana Maria Ybarra, a married mother with two young girls, says her family has spent recent weeks preparing for Chewbacchus, the Star Wars-themed walking parade in the city's Marigny neighborhood slated for Feb. 3.

  

She said Mardi Gras is the best quality time they get as a family all year because they spend the weekends preparing their costumes and going to parades together.