Oktoberfest!

Sep 27

Remember how I was so adamant just last week about that Laurelwood beer being my favorite? Well, I forgot about the molasses-goodness of Paulaner Oktoberfest. It is dang tasty! Last night, Dude, the girls, me, Bri and her boyfriend all went to the Rheinlander for their Oktoberfest celebration. See - Dude is German. Or rather, he's of German descent but don't tell him that. He's GERMAN as far as he's concerned and most people that know him know that fact. He loves German food, beer, beer-swigging songs, people, the language, The Sound of Music, knows tons of German history, etc. It's hard to believe that he's never actually been to Germany (except when we had a layover one time at the Frankfurt airport for a few hours), but that's our next anticipated big international trip. My whole point is this: Oktoberfest is a big effing deal in our household. Now back to last night... 


We feasted on fondue with bier sausage and dark rye bread then we had two kinds of schnitzel (weiner being my personal fav) and Bri and her fella both had German meatballs. And apple strudel. And delicious, delicious beer. I had both Warsteiner and Paulaner Oktoberfest beers, but the Paulaner is consistently the best year after year. I strongly encourage you to seek it out and imbibe. And maybe stop by my house so you have a drinking buddy? I can probably get Dude to sing us some German songs while we knock it back...

Rheinlander had a room that was designated as the Kids' Pavilion for the festivities and they had organic sno-cones (we weren't sure what Oktoberfest tradition these were upholding), face painting and a crazy, crazy balloon guy. He had this running commentary on everything happening around him and his quasi-screechy voice became grating after a very short period of time. BUT he made awesome balloons and the girls were intrigued. He made them both punch-ball balloons. I asked Belly if she liked it and she hugged it VERY tightly and said, "LIKE IT! LIKE IT!" She kept randomly saying "Like it, like it" throughout the rest of the night. It was very cute.

Today was filled with lots of balloon tossing, chasing, squeezing and biting. Belly loves the squeaky sound of her teeth on the balloon. I know this will end badly and I keep warning her, but so far there have been no pops. 

The girls are expanding their verbal skills at an incredible rate. It's awesome! We're not quite at complete sentences, but very close. They are using words to express their likes, dislikes, demands and desires. Tonight when I told Buggy that I was about to make dinner, she said, "Mommy. Dinner. Yummy fish." I said I was going to make something different. She said, "No. Yummy fish." So "yummy fish" made its way onto the menu this evening. Who knew that I'd be taking dinner requests from a one-year-old? But so long as it's not crap food, why not? 

P.S. Happy birthday, Bri! 

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