A miracle on Schwetzinger Strasse...

The Christmas season still hasn't begun in earnest yet we at the Prickril compound have already witnessed our first holiday miracle. As readers of this blog know, B's best friend Izabella (Iza) and her husband Renato are here on their honeymoon. Yesterday, they motored like bats out of hell in their rented Beemer sedan down to Titisee , a lake in the Black Forest a couple of hours south of Heidelberg.

While there, Renato saw his first snowfall. The Brazilian lovebirds frollicked in the snow and darted in and out of stores there selling traditional German Christmas wares. Unbeknownst to Iza, her wedding band came off with her glove while there! Just married, having lost her ring in a little German town buried under feet of snow, all hope was seemed lost when Iza discovered her bare finger on the drive back. Obviously, Iza and Renato were crushed.

Today, they headed back with B to scour the city for the ring. They meticulously retraced their steps to each restaurant and store they'd visited. After visiting several, they had all but given up hope when they found themselves before the tourist information center, which had closed for lunch. After waiting a few minutes, the center opened and Iza recounted her nightmare for the girl behind the counter.

Can you believe that someone found Iza's ring and left it at the information center? We are all absolutely dumbfounded. We will celebrate tonight with copious amounts of Champagne and absinthe. Don't expect a (coherent) post tomorrow. Truth be told, this was the plan whether the ring was found or not!
Anyway, they stocked up on beautiful candle carousels for the kids and us. See below a few pics of our little snow bunny and Christmas angel.
BTW, one of Emily's front teeth is hanging on by, well, the skin of her teeth. I think it will be very cute when they both go. Emily put this getup together by herself yesterday for her "appearance" in school. I consider her fashion sense impeccable.