Fall Festival and Oktoberfest downtown

Last Saturday we went to the Bethesda YMCA Fall Festival and then we went downtown to an Oktoberfest on the waterfront.

At the YMCA festival, Avery started at the mini pumpkin patch and picked out a nice tiny pumpkin:

 Then we all took turns as witches, ghosts, spiders, and cats:

 Next Avery went fishing for little duckies:

 Jumped in the bouncy-house:

 CHEEEEESE:

 Got her face painted, and she chose a shark--over many other shapes that were more fall-specific!

 Rode a mini carousel:

Chucked bean bags trying to knock over a tower:

 All the money went towards the YMCA so it was a good cause!

Then we had lunch and hopped on the Metro to go downtown to an Oktoberfest celebration.  The little one loves riding on the Metro:

 The Oktoberfest celebration was down in the Yards Park area next to Jim's office.  It is on the river and has some neat fountains and pools to play in, plus outdoor concerts in the summer:

Hiding behind a waterfall made her a bit nervous:

 Dipping feet in the water (Jim's office is the building in the left background of the photo:

 Avery running across a bridge:

 Daddy and Avery playing on one of the "lilly pads"

 Then we hit the Oktoberfest.  It is the largest one on the Mid-Atlantic coast in terms of number of beers to sample, at least according to their website.  They did indeed have a great selection of over 100 beers at different tents.  You could even get away from the crowd and walk by the river, it was a fantastic day out:

 Avery was too cool for school with her shades here:

 Back in the main area they had a DJ set up and play music and people were dancing.  Avery met a few friends and danced the afternoon away:

 On our way back home we got off the Metro along the way to eat at a local pizza chain we like a lot, called Matchbox Pizza.  We went to the one in the Chinatown neighborhood and Avery was getting pretty tired by the time we left:

 She did perk up when we went back underground for our train home, she does love trains and loves train tunnels even more:

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