Vielleicht werden wir backen Apfelstrudel heute**

Fall Break has come and gone.  We worked on the house, had friends over, went to Oktoberfest  (Dieses Bier ist zu teuer)*, watched How to Train Your Dragon and then went to Barnes and Noble and found out that How to Train Your Dragon is actually a book series!  Imagine that!

Rhett bought a Wizardry book (which I fully supported because I really want him to get into Harry Potter) and so far, he has tried to make a wand (it broke), tell the future with cards (his question: What does brute mean?), summon Merlin's owl (in the morning) and he wanted to see if he could make something fly but you have to hold your wand over it for 6 hours, so he hasn't done that yet.

He also has decided he does not like school (Too much math and maybe the writing isn't much fun either).  I promised him we'd do something fun like bake cookies today.  Because he does like to bake.  He has made muffins (from the box) all by himself and is ready to tackle more difficult things.  Too bad I haven't been in the mood to bake.  :(  Today, though, today we will bake.

Noah, well, I'll have to tell you about Noah's doings tomorrow in another post.  He's been busy.

That's all I have for today.  Have a good Monday!

*This is German for "This beer is too expensive!"  My friend taught us that saying and yes, it was fitting.  Oktoberfest was fun for the men (they sat, watching sports and drinking German beer).  The kids, thankfully, had a good time too because of the carnival rides.  Rhett rode his first roller coaster and loved it. They all had their faces painted (there was 6 kids in our group) and ate pizza and lemonade.  Noah had funnel cake and ate most of it himself.  No one tried any German food but the strudel did smell delicious.  I know, we went to a German festival and didn't try German food? In our defense, half the kids were picky eaters, it was raining cats and dogs and the men weren't around to help us search for the right food tent.  We saw pizza and went for it.  :)  Then we left when all the young, college kids were arriving.  I am sure they had a great time dancing to The Chicken Dance.

**Ok, I feel guilty for not having the kids at least try German food.  "Maybe we will bake Apple strudel today"

:)