Potato Festival

Yes, I truly live in Germany. Today was the Potato Festival in our part of town. It isn't to celebrate the harvest- that comes in a month for the Harvest Thanksgiving Festival, of course. After church, we took the kids to check it out. Jay and Nils painted for a contest (who knows who the winners were? We just had fun). Then the kids decided they wanted no part of any of the fun (and free!) crafts and only wanted to go to the same playground that they go to at least twice a week. Oh well.

After a while, Nils started getting cranky and Michael took him home for his nap. Mind you, he never naps more than thirty minutes, so they weren't gone long. Jay and I then stood in line for an hour for face painting. If only the kids could be just as still in church as they are when they wait for face painting.... Jay decided to be a wolf since it is grey and grey is his favorite color. We actually thought he was falling asleep while he was getting painted- he was so still and calm, with his eyes closed, for the painter. I've attached a photo of him howling.

After the painting, we got the kids fries and then took a walk. At the fry stand, they, again, waited like angels. Public behaviour, right? We collected chestnuts to throw in the water and got to see a tractor collecting clippings and making it into hay bales. All very interesting for two little boys.

To top off the day, we ate stew tonight. It was Jay's second time (the first was last winter) and Nils' first- and they ate it! Well, the plates weren't licked clean, but they did a decent job. And with new veggies (daikon, jicama, Rettich- whatever you want to call it, I have no idea what we call it in English) too. Good night!