It's that time of the year again! I LOVE FALL! You guys might remember me posting about this last year. The Finch Family ladies drove down to visit and join us at the Ludwigsburg annual pumpkin festival. We took Vaiosina for the first time last year and she loved it. I swore last year to go again this year. It was so fun to share this with our good friends yesterday afternoon. The weather was absolutely beautiful too.
The festival is held at the Ludwigsburg Palace, which in and of itself is a sight to behold. Last year's theme was dinosaurs. This year's was Switzerland. We saw a Swiss Army knife made of pumpkins, as well as the Swiss Alps, some Swiss farmers, cows and other things we really couldn't figure out. The fairy tale children's garden was there and we went on a boat ride and visited Rapunzel's tower.
The best part, of course, was the food. We had pumpkin bratwurst (which Vaiosina enjoyed much more this year), pumpkin fries, pumpkin muffins, and pumpkin soups. I even snagged 4 bottles of pumpkin wine, which I remembered from last year. It's so crazy to see how much Vaiosina has grown from last year.
Yesterday also made us miss Malu. Last year, we went later in October and it was so much colder. I have fond memories of sitting on haystacks near the bonfire with him and with Vaiosina staring so intently at the flames. I also remember Malu trying to feed Vaiosina to one of the dinosaurs. Fun times.
Anyway, here are some pictures!
The pumpkin festival goes until the end of October. My mom will be visiting us and arrives on Tuesday. I'm going to take her to see this. No reason to limit this year to one visit. Plus, I need a reason to go back and get more pumpkin wine!
Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend!
