In a previous post, I included a video of my middle son, Sloan, speaking a few German phrases for my mom. I grew up speaking these phrases with my mom, and in High School when German was offered, I jumped at the chance to learn more of my German heritage. Not that I remember much... mostly just the same phrases my mother said to me and I repeat to my sons each night before bed. All the same, my mom and I bond over a love for German heritage and my boys can't sleep at night before they hear me say, "Ich liebe dich!".
So, while I visited my mom in Seattle for the summer, we took advantage of our proximity to Leavenworth (a little town about two hours away that due to it's surroundings uncanny resemblance, reinvented itself into a mock Bavarian town.) and took the kids to see little Germany!
It was a great day! We bought pastries in the little bakery. We ate ice cream on the sidewalk from the little sweet shoppe. We browsed in all the cute little shops, and since it was...
ACCORDION FESTIVAL!!
We got to do a few little extras!
They had bouncy houses and climbing walls for the kids while enjoying the mountain air and the sweet serenade!
Ethan made it all the way to the top! It was really high! I was so proud, even if he was too scared of letting go of the rope to ring the bell at the top...
We ate lunch at this cute little cafe, and when I mean little, I mean little! It only had, like, 18 seats!
Yum!
Isn't it just darling?!
The scenery is not too bad, either!
Seriously, the view on the drive alone was worth it! Two whole hours of this. I wanted to stop and finish the trip via raft!
As you can gather, we had a great time! Thanks again, Mom, for making our stay with you a fun and memorable one!!
I love Leavenworth. Jeff took me there the second year we were married. We didn't spend the night there but walked around quite a bit and ate lunch there. It was fun. I am glad that you are having fun. You are missed a lot! I am horrible for keeping in touch, but I have been thinking about you guys!
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