Syrup Soppin' 2008

Yesterday we took Turner and her Tootsie and Pop to the annual Loachapoka Syrup Soppin'! This is one of our favorite fall activities and was especially fun to be able to share this with Turner and her grandparents! We have been begging them to come for years...I don't think they'll miss another one! We started the morning with hot sausage biscuits and syrup, spent some hours perusing the craft booths, ate some yummy BBQ, and finally headed home after about 4 hours of non-stop fun!

For those of you not familiar with the term "sop" here's the definition with which I am most familiar: sop   /sɒp/ [sop] noun, verb, sopped, sop⋅ping. –verb (used with object) 5. to dip or soak in liquid food: to sop bread in gravy.
If you grew up in the country (like we did) you sopped a variety of things such as gravy, syrup, and soup with some type of bread item, most often a biscuit or cornbread. I highly recommend that you try this if it's a new concept to you!

Here are a few pictures from our morning in Loachapoka!

*You will notice that Turner ends up in a different outfit by the end of the slideshow - one in which she is sporting her new overalls with no undershirt! She got a little hot and uncomfortable in her jeans so after we purchased these adorable overalls from one of the vendors we just decided to go ahead and let her wear them - no shirt and all!