Ich liebe Oktoberfest!
Hudson gets the best son of the year award, even though we lost him for 2 and a half minutes and had the cops plus several other people looking for him. Any guesses on where we found him? That’s right, the womens’ bathroom, buck naked yelling for me to come and wipe him. I couldn’t hear him yelling, but some lady did. After my 5th lap around the place and my face stained with tears a lady asks me if I am missing a boy and that he has been calling for me. The first words out of his mouth as I walked into the bathroom were, “Mommy, I went poopoo. I have been waiting for you to come wipe me.” How could I be mad? I scooped him up in a big hug and we had a little chat about letting Mommy know when he needs to go.
I digress. Yes, Hudson was dressed just like all of the old, fat men. There was no fuss made as he doned the lederhosen. He was as happy as a clam. Yes, these lederhosen are authentic. My mother picked them out “just” for me when we lived in Germany. My sister got to wear the dirndl(dress)…go figure. Needless to say, I look less than chipper when I’m wearing them.
Anyway, I think I maybe be able to take Takeru Kobayashi http://takeru-kobayashi.com/ on in all of his hot dog eating glory. I sweet talked the ladies and they gave me double of everything. After eating several brauts, coleslaw, a mound of saurkraut, and multiple rolls, I polished off an apple strudel. As you can see from above, I was still going strong. (p.s.- The cage behind me was for all the beer drinkers. )
Really, what Oktoberfest is complete without a polka version of the chicken dance…with hats to boot? We really were quite the sight. I’m sure the hats look better if your drunk, but we stayed out of the cage and still had plenty of fun! I love Oktoberfest! Ich liebe Oktoberfest!
Auch de liebe (sp)! What were your mom’s last words about watching the kids closely at the Octoberfest?!
Oh well, another one of those hard lessons learned that we all experience. That cute little German of yours has knocked knees like his maternal grandma!
October 19th, 2008 at 10:29 amI think I have only been to an Oktoberfest once and it was a long time ago – looks like so much fun (minus the lost child part).. I want to see a hot dog eating showdown, how much do you think we would have to pay Takeru to come out (probably not enough for the shame he would feel losing to you)
October 19th, 2008 at 10:32 amHopefully you wiped his bum before scooping him up for the big hug:)
October 19th, 2008 at 2:24 pmSounds like you (mostly) had a great time. Hudson’s so cute in that picture. It reminds me of a picture of my brother in lederhosen when he was little. I’ve done the chicken dance with a bunch of drunk Germans but never with such a cute hat!
October 19th, 2008 at 4:28 pmOw wow, so you have Oktoberfest in California too (I guess)?
I babbled something about it sometime ago, but I was referrering to the original one. Not that the spirit really changes from place to place… even here in Brazil we have Oktoberfest
PS: Tell Hudson I forgive him for spitting on me when we met!
October 19th, 2008 at 8:37 pmJess your kids are so big and so adorable!!!
October 20th, 2008 at 9:12 pmIt looks like you had such a fun time……minus the leprechaun going missing!!!!!
October 22nd, 2008 at 8:24 pm