I have two things to say

1) 50 degrees
2) tacos on the Bärenplatz

Bärner Fasnacht

On Friday afternoon we all went "downtown" for the Chinderumzug. Met up with a bunch of Noah's friends (and moms obviously) and we all marched in the soggy wet cold confetti parade. No pictures - raining too much. Noah had dragon wings but wouldn't wear them. Oh well.

Then today Noah and I headed "downtown" again to meet up with Todd and his son to watch the big Umzug. Noah and I arrived and walked around a bit first. Got a "Bratwurst im Schlafsack" (hot dog). After that, the place was WAY crowded as they were preparing for the big event. 58 bands and silly groups marched by all playing the Guggemarsch. Fun time.

Ski Wiriehorn

Duncan and I hit the slopes today. First time for in CH for me. Rented skis for the entire season for CHF 135. Can't argue that really. Although they pretty much suck. But they'll do for this year until I get around to purchasing my own pair. Drove down to Wiriehorn, 30 or so minutes. Wonderful. The views were utterly spectacular even though the clouds were quite low. At times we were looking down at them. Some may notice, that on the map, there are no green runs. As I learned for the first time yesterday, US ski runs are defined differently than in Euro-Disney. Here, Blue is easiest, Red is Medium, Black is hardest and Yellow is unmanaged. So when I rented my skis I was all like "yeah, I have tons of ski experience and I like to ski the blues." And the sales guy I'm sure was like "doof."

Wiriehorn is one of the smallish local places the Swiss tend to cut their teeth on as far as skiing goes. Very few runs, locals, mostly medium difficulty. Skiers of all ages. There were young kids who could ski circles around me. Long runs, not too hard, but icy at times. Which, as a Minnesotan, I'm used to.

On the down side, only a single chair lift. The rest ... T-bars. This is hard core skiing. Sit down on the way up? Puh. Only for wimps. Took me a while to get used to. My. Legs. Are. Tired.

New Baby Bag for the Bugaboo

We ordered Daniel a fancy-pants baby bag so now he's all snugly warm when we take him out in the stroller. Just zip and go.