We started trying to do something together every 6 months or so...just the two of us...so we still get our couple time together....this is a GREAT thing. Don't get us wrong...we love love love our family time..but daddy and I need a recharge weekend every now and then.
We still have the traditional date nights once a week...either dinner together or a movie when our lil one goes down to sleep...the rules to date night are simple...no laundry..no house stuff....no work....just dinner or a movie at home...the hubby and me...ringers turned off....it is one of my favorite nights of the week...
For this 6 months, the hubby and I decided to have a weekend to ourselves. We rented a cabin in Fredericksburg for Oktoberfest, shopping, and some much needed R&R.
Fredericksburg is located in the hill country. It was originally settled by German immigrants so the town appears very European in its character.
The drive was long but gorgeous with all of the trees changing for fall.
It is one of those small kind of towns where everything is basically located on one street......that would be Main Street.
Our cabin was AaaaaMazing. It was about 2 miles away from Main but the serenity, quiet, and coziness made up for the location. We checked in Friday and were welcomed by Koi ponds, pomegranite bushes, and white lights hung from every tree (visible at night).
The cabin was stocked with milk, juice, and water in the fridge...supplies for smores if you decided to make a fire.....(um hello still summer so no fire....but that didn't stop me from eating the smores...of course) and homemade granola, blackberry stuffed croissants, muffins, and scones wrapped in linen in a basket for breakfast. We were absolutely spoiled here.
We went to a winery and walked down Main to do some shopping on Friday, visiting all the fudge shoppes...they had like five!.....yummo. We had some of the BEST pumpkin pie fudge....it was so good I think I may have to attempt to make it...and i had my first Dublin Dr. Pepper for all you texans out there!!!! let me explain for all the other just as cool peeps...
Dublin Dr. Pepper is made in Dublin Texas. It is made with 100% cane sugar...non of the artificial stuff..I'm not a soda drinker but this stuff is GOOOOOOOOOOOOD....so good i came home with 4 cases...mmmm hhmmm i know, i know....its for the those days when you just need a treat...
Saturday was Oktoberfest!!!!! SO SO SO much fun!! We had never been before. It's one of those things that we SAY we are always going to go and somehow never do..this year we actually did!
I would have never thought of bringing kids there (i guess because we went for the food and beer) but it was an extremely family friendly thing..They had tons of stuff for the kiddos to do...who would have thunk.
There was a caricature artist there drawing portraits. I have ALWAYS wanted to have one drawn so we grabbed our drinks and stood in line for a bit. The hubby was sweet enough to even do a couples one with me! (i think this means he loves me...wink wink)
By the end of the day we needed a wheel barrel to roll us out of there...From the roasted corn, german hot dogs, german potatoes, opas sausage, funnel cakes, streudel, and ooooohhhhh the beer....we would have been happy to not eat or drink again for a year. (excluding holidays...thats what elastic is for....again...JK)
(Pooped back at the cabin later that day) Later we went to a brewery..
Wish I had thought of sunscreen..my shoulders got a little crispy but all in good fun....(i know...I am the queen of sunscreen and brought none....hhhhmmmph)
This town was just the best. We are gonna go back to do some camping with hunter.......hunter?? where was he you ask??? eh...we left him on the side of the road and picked him back up on our way home...
haha, NOT REALLY.....
He had his own lil vacation with Aunt Jenn and Uncle Gerred.
This was also a big weekend because it was the first time us crazy first time parents have ever left our lil bambino for more than a day....(i know i know...please note i said crazy first time parents)
He was in excellent care though!...they had ronald mcdonald friday and they went to the zoo! hunter was in parent free heaven...(they are SO amazing....he is very much loved...)
(i'm assured this thing was a statue and not real.....phew....i believe mommy's words were..."uuuhhh aunt jenn.....that better not be real!!???" apparently the look of terror on my face was enough that before I could even get the words out...aunt jenn was rollin with laughter saying "..statue momma...its only a statue.."
All in all a great start to October......this is my FAVORITE time of year....the holidays are kicken in gear, the weather is cooling down and the leaves are changing..(well for the most part..turn on hocus pocus if you are in lack of leaves in your area...it helps)
Its time to get the halloween decorations out!! have I mentioned halloween is my 2nd christmas? (more on that later...)
Cheers to you and may this fall be a happy one!
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