Beyonce, Jay Z and Blue Ivy join Solange and son Julez for some Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, taking in music and dancing and catching beads while watching the dog parade Barkus. Blue Ivy hurt her self when beads were thrown at her and Jay Z comforted her. Beyonce tried covering her growing pregnant belly with a plaid shirt while wearing long pointy nails, rings and a huge necklace. despite all the glamour, she opted to go barefoot and rest her toes.