Colds and Carnival

First, two pictures of Lily before and after her haircut. She looks so much more like a little girl now!

"Fasching" - carnival season - has arrived, and here in Bavaria it is mainly a thing for kids, although there are adult parties also. Finn is a little bumblebee this year, and Lily has a giraffe outfit, which is not really a costume as such, but still very cute. We had the playgroup Faschingsparty this morning, and Finn's daycare will celebrate next week. Finn really enjoys being a bumblebee. The other day he told me that that's what he wants to be when he grows up. :-) When I put the costume on him for the first time he was all excited: "And now Finn wants to fly!". Here are some pictures from playgroup:

The kids all enjoyed playing and eating Faschingskrapfen, a kind of doughnut. Even Lily had some. After playgroup we always clean up together and the kids roll up the rug when we are done. I shot a little video of that today. Here it is:

On a different note: Finn is sick again. He had had a runny nose for about two days when the coughing started. Neil took him to the doctor on Saturday and sure enough his right lung sounds bad again. So we are back to inhaling three times a day and have another appointment with his pediatrician tomorrow. She will decide then if Finn is well enough to have the bronchoscopy done on Thursday. Finn is in relatively good spririts and doesn't run a fever, so we are not confined to the house. However, he does cough badly whenever he starts running around or playing wildly, so I am happy that he enjoys playing with his tractors, books and puzzles. We'll see what his doctor has to say tomorrow!