Weird parade and beach

I have to say with the heat this summer if we keep going to the beach every weekend we will all be toast by the end of the summer.  Welll all except Sebas.  As Gabi so aptly puts it everyone in our family is a "little brown" -- Mami, and Papi, and Gabi.  Everyone except Sebas who is "really light".  Evidence of this is the fact that by Sebas' standards he is SUPER TAN, but he's just a slightly darker shade of beige. As a result Jose is always prompted to ask who really is the kid's dad.  If it wasn't for the fact that he's identical to Gabi (save for the skin color),  I might be prompted to ask myself.


On Saturday our neighbor had told us about the "Lake Parade" so we went to down to see what was going after Sebas' nap.  What we ran into was quite the interesting sight.  All the cross dressers and crazy folk came out in style.  My only question is...where are these people normally hiding?  However, let's not forget there is always evidence of Swiss rules at play.  At the very beginning of the parade they gave us ear plugs for the kids.  :)


On another note, I'm glad the World Cup is finally over.  It was good while it lasted but good riddance!

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