A few weekends ago we went to the Irondequoit Oktoberfest. We go every year, and of course this year was no exception. What made this year special was the outfits! Cam wore lederhosen that he got from Barbara and Friedbert in Germany, and his friends Bridgette and Abby wore homemade (by their mom, Jaime) dirndls. They looked so ridiculously cute, everyone was going nuts over them. They had their pictures taken by tons of strangers, which was a bit odd. But they were so cute, we couldn't blame the other people!
First we went to the kid's area. They had a clown who made balloon animals and a bounce house. Cam chose a frog as his balloon animal, but he wanted to wear it as a bracelet.
Then it was time for the bounce house!
He liked the slide part better than the actual bouncing.
We tried to get a picture of all three kids together in their outfits, looking at the camera. It was a lost cause because everyone was too excited. Bridgette with her princess wand, Cam with his frog and Abby with her turtle bracelet. Aren't their outfits awesome?
After we were done in the kids area, we went into the tent and found a spot to sit. It was super loud, but that didn't bother Leah. She conked right out after a few minutes rocking in Omi's arms and slept for a good amount of time, despite the loud music.
Cameron and Opa danced a lot - unfortunately we didn't get any good pictures of both of them.
Leah woke up and decided to wear the German hat. She didn't have a dirndl to wear, but next year she will!
We had dinner (schnitzel platters) and then got strudel for dessert. Not surprisingly, Cam LOVED it!
Later in the evening, Cam also got a pretzel. That pretzel saved us from a major meltdown, so we were very grateful to it!
In between all of the eating and talking, there was A LOT of dancing. The kids absolutely loved to dance and spent most of the night on the dance floor. This is where all of the random people took pictures of the kids.
Cam and Abby get down - this may have been during the chicken dance
Throw your hands in the air like you just don't care
After dancing, a guy gets pretty tired and just need some refreshments
Jeff took a ton of pictures too, so here are a bunch of his. Tons of cute ones of Abby and Cam! Bridgette conked out early, so there were not too many of her dancing with the other two kids.
There was a collective "Awwwwwwwwwwwwww" from the crowd when Abby and Cam held hands and danced.
Cam doing some solo moves
He loves dancing!
Cam and Leah even danced a bit. I am sure next year they will dance a ton!
For most of the dances, Leah danced with Omi and Opa
Cameron loved the Oktoberfest and asks us most nights when we can go again. He loves to dance at home, so having a party that was devoted to dancing was pretty much heaven for him. And he didn't even care that we dressed him all up, and didn't seem to notice everyone fawning over his little German boy cuteness. Hopefully we can get another year or two out of these lederhosen, and he will still agree to wear them!
