Face Painting

I explained all about Fasching in Germany in my previous post. It is HUGE over here. Some people say it is the fifth season. There are parties going on everywhere. Last week Josef's Kindergarten celebrated Fasching as well. All week long the teacher painted the faces of the kids and then on Friday the whole school had a big Fasching party. The kids all came to school in their costumes ready to party. There was festive music playing and the kids got to eat bratwurst, hotdogs and other sweets in celebration. The school was rockin'!!

Back to the face painting.....usually Josef won't let anyone paint anything on his face. On Tuesday when I took him to school we saw his teacher painting kids faces. I told him maybe he should give it a try as it might be fun. He wanted nothing to do with it and when I picked him up from school he was still the same old Josef. On Wednesday I had no expectations that Josef would join in the face painting and was shocked when I picked him up from school and he looked like this:

Pirate Josef! Arghhhhh.

He thought that the face painting was pretty fun after he tried it. On Thursday he looked really cute with the big spiderweb and spider on his face.

Friday was party day and Josef deviated from his knight costume and wore a cowboy costume instead. Yee Haw!! His teacher did a pretty good job and making his face look like he was a rootin' tootin' cowboy.

There is still more Fasching to come!! It's not over yet! Stay tuned!
(I also have to write about our exciting weekend).