Poll: Help me pick a costume!

They are just too darn cute. I imagine this is one of the last years I get to pick Miles costume out and I just can't get enough of Tom Arma's adorable costumes.

They have them all in Miles size and it can take up to 6 weeks to get here so I'm ready Freddy. There is a poll to the right. Let me know your favorite!

Hanging around...

These past couple months have just been so quiet. We ended up postponing a lot of our traveling because of birthday parties, costs and other events. We were all set for Spain but with the blind flight we had to find a hotel at the last minute and it was impossible! It was ridiculously expensive over Labor Day weekend so we'll have to save that trip for a non-tourist season. We still have our Venice trip in January though and I'm sure we'll do some fun day trips before then.

Brad starts his new job in 2 weeks. I guess you can say we're less than thrilled. We're going to try and make the best of it though. It's just not a very family friendly job and is usually reserved for single guys for that reason. Since 'Africom' is so new they are short staffed. I know Brad and I will be fine but my worries are with Miles and not seeing his Daddy for 4-5 day blocks. I guess kids can adjust to these things better than we do though. It is only for 1 year so we will get through!

I can't believe Miles is almost 2! Where in the world did the time go? He's a little boy now! Here are some pics and video from around the house.

Daddy makes sure Miles practices football. I think someone wants his little boy to be a quarterback.

Miles pushes SpongeBob everywhere in this stroller. I've tripped over this thing in the middle of the night so many times!
Miles helping Daddy with putting together a shelf. See Miles' little tool set? Too cute.
Here's a video from last week. Smart little boy!

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Fall has fallen

Brrrr! Early September and in the 50's already? No thank you! But that's Germany for you I guess. I think we found the longest slide in the world this afternoon. It just keeps going and going. The crazy part about it is we saw kids take a handful or rocks to the top and you slide with the rocks. It makes you go super fast. Poor Miles had to scooch the whole way.

I wish this picture was bigger but the background is over looking the city.
There's also a vineyard back there? See it? No? Ah well.

Miles

Would you believe me if I told you he was good with his fork? This was lasagna.

Miles got a new tricycle this weekend. He brings it EVERYWHERE with him. He watches his favorite TV shows with it, takes it on walks and even brings it to the bath with him.

Weindorf

So this weekend we went to the annual Stuttgart weindorf or winefest. Even though Brad and I are hardly the alcohol drinkers we really wanted to see what the fuss was all about and experience the culture. We kept it pretty low-key but had so much fun! Here are some pics from our afternoon!

Wilhelma

Wilhelma is this awesome place that is like a zoo/botanical garden. We bought season passes back in the Spring because it's one of our favorite places! We went there this evening and brought a blanket and some snacks and just enjoyed the beautiful scenery.

Here's some pics!

I love this little guy with his fu manchu.

Around the neighborhood

I don't think I've ever shown you around our neighborhood. Want to take a little tour? This is our evening route for our walks.

Here's the biergarten aka beer garden down the street. Biergartens are like Starbucks in the states. They're on every corner and make business of their locals.

Here's the local church. Catholic!
Should we have a large amount of visitors this hotel is just down the street. Hotel Waldhorn.


Local restaurant.
Hope you enjoyed the tour!