Bern(e) Revisited

We made a return trip to Bern to check out the English bookstore and their huge market.  It is a really cool Swiss-German town with lots of great shops.  We made our compulsory visit to the bear pits,

 and then walked down to the market.  We saw a spot-on AC/DC cover band which Michael and I wanted watch but old sensitive-eared Maisie (maybe she's not listening to her ipod loudly enough) refused to go near the stage.  

I'm going to save this photo for the teen years when she begs me to let her go to concerts. 

We also saw these men playing a giant game of chess 

but once we saw the freaky blue guys we knew it was time to head for home!

Halloween(ish)

Maisie's school had a Harvest Celebration which originally was planned for Halloween but the weather was so bad it was postponed until November 3.  We had a beautiful (if not a little cold) day and I got to see how the Swiss celebrate Halloween.  There were lots of costumes but very few scary things and a severe shortage of candy but all the kids seemed to have a good time. Maisie dressed up as a devil and at the last minute decided to give the costume a mustachioed twist.  

Love it! 

 

 

Maisie (devil) and her friend Gabby (angel).

The girls from Maisie's class.

Group shot of all of the kids at Maisie's school.

Apples hung from the big tree.

The creepy "eyeball" cupcakes we made, yum!

Thanks to everyone who posted their Halloween pics.  We certainly missed out on our favorite Holiday this year.  Hope you all had a Happy Halloween!!