and now i'm sayin' it...

first.
if you liked the OU pics you should check this out.

second.
our anniversary. E and I discussed it and decided that we would not purchase gifts to exchange from this year's 'categories' of traditional/modern anniversary gifts...he said (and this is one of the reasons i love him so...) "we can get trinkets and bobbles any day of the year, it doesn't mean i don't love and appreciate you any less today." guess i don't have to get the lacey things out tonight, then, huh?

third.
our weekend. every year we recognize our anniversary by attending the annual Oktoberfest celebration. before we were parents we attended in the evening at the beginning of the weekend. since having the girl, we attend on Sunday during the lunch hour. so, for eight years now we go, eat saurkraut and brats, get a plastic pitcher, sometimes filled with beer, cotton candy, cinnamon roasted almonds and pecans, the occasional shirt/beer stein,
listen to "German" music played by gentlemen in lederhosen, do the chicken dance, and (for the last few years) watch the hawaiian dancers...
where the hawaiian thing comes in, i'm not quite sure.

fourth.
the pumpkin patch. not since the girl's first year have we attempted attending both Oktoberfest and the pumpkin patch in the same day, until now.
sitting in the pumpkins.
feeding the animals at the 'petting zoo'.hanging out with her playmates.
it made for a long day, but she enjoyed it, none the less...

fifth.
i think that's plenty for now, don't you.
~L