Oktoberfest!

We have a great little town just about 10 minutes away from us called Mt. Angel, and every year they throw a really awesome Oktoberfest. It has been a few years since we've gone. You'd think with it so close that we'd go every year, but it just doesn't always happen. Well, this year I thought it'd be fun to go watch some local kids that I knew were going to be in the dancing. We didn't make it in time to see them, but we did have a fun day.

We also didn't realize in the years past that they have a whole separate kindergarten (kids area) for the kids! We've never found this area before. I don't know if it's new, or if we just didn't manage to get to it, but it made the whole Oktoberfest a lot more exciting for the kids.

Best thing was, everything was free! All the rides and bouncy houses were free of charge. So, the kids got to try these cool jumpy things for the very first time. The 2 older boys went on this first, and Alex finally got the courage up to try it on the 2nd ride. He ended up loving it, and wanting to go more.

Alex could get pretty high on this!

Aric had a good time, but got a little worried when it raised a little higher.

Aaron had a good time.

They had some fun live shows.

We got to watch these guys do a cool acrobatic type show. Here this guy had just gone under that stick doing the limbo. I didn't quite catch it in time. It was pretty fun to watch.

There was a lot of costume wearing by the human people at the Oktoberfest. The dresses for the girls are so cute. When we came across homemade doll clothes for 18' dolls we just couldn't pass up this cute little Oktoberfest dress. Alex picked it out, and he just couldn't stop talking about it all the way home. He was so excited to get it on our dolls.

Unfortunately, that is all the pictures I have. I was too busy having fun with the family that I just didn't think about taking any. Some year it would be fun to get some pictures of the whole festival and all the decorations.