Fasching

This weekend some friends in our ward gave us a heads up on a very popular carnival/parade/holiday/time of year called Fasching.  Now don't quote us on this, but from what we gather this is a big party/celebration/parade before Lent begins; the equivalent of Mardi Gras or Carnival.  There are several complicated cultural aspects to Fasching including Old Women's Thursday, Rose Monday, and it has possibly been going on since November 11th of last year. Anyways we met up in our friends front yard for a crazy parade. Most people were dressed up and we even managed to make 2 makeshift masks on the car ride over there. You can see our craftsmanship below. For some reason Sadie insisted on being a pink pig which I think she pulls off rather great. The eyes are a bit skiwampus but hey, this isn't a craft blog. The kids were quite popular with the locals; they got pretty hooked up in the candy department.

Sadie waiting for some freebees, enjoying the floats.

Surprisingly Sadie kept it on the whole time.

We made this bird mask for London but she of course wanted nothing to do with it. Luckily our little buddy Alyssa who is staying with us this weekend was quite fond of our mask-making skills.

These small villages sure put a lot of work into their floats. These pics don't really show it, but you can imagine. Taking pictures is hard when you are chasing 3 children around and have massive amounts of candy flying at you.

Germany truly loves their alky. Candy for the kids and Alcohol for the adults (and teenagers). Floats going by passing out booze... I don't think I have ever seen that at a parade in the States. 

This weekend we have been experiencing what it is like to have 3 children, two of them being the same exact age, so... like twins, you could say. It's been fun and interesting keeping our watch on 3 little busy bodies. :) I guess we are just getting some practice for whenever we decide to take the plunge.