oktoberfest

It's October. Yahoo!

Oktoberfest at Mt Lemmon's Ski Valley.

We went to Mt Lemmon yesterday to celebrate Oktoberfest with Jess and Mike, have some German food, and dance the polka. We took Vanessa with us to give Nicole a break for a few hours so she could get some errands done. This was an interesting learning experience. It has been a very long time since I have had 2 children to care for; how do other moms do it? It's hard enough keeping your eyes on one child; how do you actually have conversations with other people while 2 children wander about your feet? And these 2 kids were good! The drive up was the most challenging part. I had put sunscreen on Kate's face to protect her pale skin from the sun, and she rubbed her eyes on the way to Vanessa's house and got sunscreen in them. She screamed and fought me off as I tried to use a wet wipe to get the lotion off her face and out of her eyes. A wet wipe was probably not the best idea. Note to self: start carrying a bottle of water in her diaper bag again. Then on the drive up the mountain (most of the 30 miles or so), Kate tried to get used to having someone in the backseat with her. Someone who was more interested in taking her toys away momentarily or touching her than entertaining her. Vanessa is almost 4, and Kate is a year. Kate didn't like Vanessa touching her Lulu spider and tapping Lulu's belly to make her sing songs. That's her job. Vanessa didn't like Kate crying. Sibling rivlary! I'm going to need lessons from other moms out there on how to appease 2 children at once. It probably didn't help that we were pushing lunchtime all the way up the windy mountain road and Kate was getting hungry. Kix only satisfied her for about 5 minutes. Finally we made it to Ski Valley and the restaurant. We sat down for brats, and the kids settled down, happy to be eating and entertained. Vanessa and Kate both enjoyed a corndog and applesauce.

Insert cute photos of the kids and me here. Deep breaths, deep breaths. #*@& blogger. What, am I over-limit on my use of centered photos here? Come ON.

We wandered across the street to do some dancing and listen to music. We found Jess and Mike, and Kate found friends. There we were, on top of Mt Lemmon dancing the polka, and another little girl and boy attached themselves to Kate, trying to dance with her. Kate of course wanted nothing to do with them, but they were oblivious. Kate is still a magnet.

Run away!

We got to attend the Husky game on Saturday at Arizona Stadium. We've gotten lucky the past 2 years, and the Huskies have played Arizona here. And we've won both times, this time 21-10. It was a night game, 7pm, but it was 91 degrees when we got to the stadium. So much for those sweatshirts! Last year's game was in November and I remember being freezing (it was probably 70 degrees, after all) by the end of the first quarter. This year we got seats in the Husky section, just a little behind the band. It was a sea of purple! Go Dawgs!