Karneval Fun!

Karneval was very fun! It's too bad we don't have anything like it in Michigan. It would make our long winters a little more fun! We decided this year to stick with the small-town parades. We were a little scared of taking the kids into Köln. We watched that one on TV. It started around 10:30 am and it was still going at 4:30 when we came home and turned the TV back on. So we are glad we didn't venture over there.

On Saturday we checked out Brauweiler with Larry's work friend Cathy. We had a great time and came home with loads of candy. It was our first parade, but also my favorite. Everyone was dressed up having a good time. Sunday we went to Widdersdorf to support Alianna's classmates who were walking in the parade. When her friends saw her they loaded her up with enough candy to make it until next karneval! On Monday we stayed in our neighborhood and just walked up the corner to watch the Geyen parade.

So in the end we had a long, fun weekend. The kids are all sugared up and I still have 4 bags of candy and chips. I'm working on a video, but for now I'm posting some pictures.