At the end of August my parents came into town and we took them to the Buckwheat Festival. The main attraction of the festival is the buckwheat cakes. They look like they're in the same family a pancakes, but made from buckwheat. I had heard they were sour and not-tasty, but they were actually pretty good! It was quite the West Virginia experience. Jason has been learning to play the banjo, and one of the songs he can play is "Oh, Susanna." One of the verses says, "the buckwheat cake was in her mouth, the tear was in her eye"...we feel like true West Virginians. :)
The girls rode some carnival rides, and when it was almost time to go (or so I thought), I took the baby to the car to feed her. My mom came with me and we visited while we waited for my dad and Jason to bring the girls to the car. And we waited. And waited. When they finally arrived, they told me the girls had been riding this:
Over and over and over. That's Clara and Savannah. No, it's not quite the ride I would have let my two year old ride. I guess they were just riding some kind of sack or rug down the slide. Apparently they were having the time of their life! I think Clara even said, "I'm glad mom's not here!" But...they didn't zoom off the side or break anything, so I guess I have no complaints. I'm just glad I didn't leave the baby with them...she probably would've ended up going down, too...
Speaking of Caroline, in September she started holding her head up really well and rolling over. She always wants her hands in her mouth (or anything), and looks like she wants to be a thumb sucker. I'm trying to nip that in the bud, but we'll see how successful I am. She is a happy little thing and is so fun. I love having a baby in the house.
