Street Carnival in Ketsch (Strassenfastnacht)

This afternoon, we went to the Street Carnival in Ketsch. On Thursday Carnival Parties started all over in Germany and it goes on until Wednesday, next week. So today, they had the street parade in Ketsch. I really wanted to go for Lucas and also because it's always fun to go and sometimes I see people again, that I haven't seen in years. They also have one at my old hometown, but it will be on Tuesday around 1 pm and that's usually Lucas' sleeping time. So we decided to go today, even though it was pretty rainy and windy today. But it wasn't too bad, as we were able to stand underneath an entrance of a butcher.

I had to wake Lucas up from his afternoon nap and of course he was a little crappy because of that. And when he saw all those people dressed up, singing and dancing, he got really confused. At first he didn't recognize my dad with that weird hair he had on his hat and he wouldn't go on my dad's or my mom's arm for the first thirty minutes or so.

We also had a very nice surprise, as Marion and her cute little girls also came. She's a friend from my Germanspouses Forum. I told her that we'd probably come and so she came as well. By the end of the parade another friend of ours, Jutta, also stopped by. So that was really nice.

Lucas warmed up a little once the parade started. At first he saw the police with the lights going on and off and he was all excited telling me "tueta tueta" And then most of the vehicles had a tractor in front. He really loved that a lot.


My brother Daniel, still awake from the day before...


Lucas with his grandpa and that weird wig


Grandma giving Lucas a close up to all the vehicles

Lucas pouting, because he was so confused

What's coming next???

Don't leave me alone with those weird people, Mama

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