Oktoberfest and Other Stuff

This Saturday was the Oktoberfest on post. We decided to go (since I had not been out of the house after 7 PM in several weeks) even though it meant keeping Grady up a little late. The brats we good and we knew lots of friends there (and by lots, I mean the 12 people we know cumulatively). Grady played in the sand, and was in and out of the jump castle without so much as a jump. He climbed on the haystack and ate all of the whipped cream off of our apfelstrudel (the sacrifices of being a parent!) Normally, Grady can hang out late with the best of them, but this time he did not crack so much as a smile, as you can see.
Some other fun things from the weekend: climbing dirt hills and throwing rocks off of it, 


wearing mom's shoes,

 and Alex taking requests! Grady has learned so many songs and will sing to himself, but as soon as I take out the video camera, stops and says,"Hold camera. See pictures Grady." That child never tires of looking at pictures and videos of himself. I had to sneak this video. Some of his favorite songs are Jesus Loves Me, I'm a Little Tea Pot (which he calls "Pot"), 3 Little Monkeys (which he knows all of the hand motions to, but probably doesn't realize that the alligator is successively eating all of the monkeys in the song), and his ABCs.