it's not halloween, it's carnevale!

i live in a predominantly catholic area of switzerland, where there is a church on every corner and we eat fish for lunch on fridays. so it should be no surprise that around here, we take lent, ash wednesday, and carnevale very seriously. last friday the kids dressed up and we played a bunch of traditional italian games, which was super fun because it meant i didn't have to plan a history lesson. i was going to post a bunch of pictures of the cutest indians and bumblebees you ever saw, but i think this picture pretty much sums up the fun that is carnevale: