Sorghum Syrup Festival

In June the kids and I joined a group of moms from church to go to Homestead Heritage. We had a great time and learned that every year they do a small festival on Labor Day. You can go to HH and watch them make Sorghum Syrup. If you stay all day you can watch from them harvesting the sugar cane all the way to bottling the syrup. We went for the morning and had a great time.


At HH they use mostly "old school" techniques for everything. After getting to chew on a piece of sugar cane we watched the horses turning the machine that squeezed out all the juice...



Fascinating.

We walked all around HH to show Beau all the different things to look at and all we had learned from our tour in June.

Then we stopped to rest...

And Eliljah got ahold of the camera...

and Beau was being Beau...

savor this moment. A picture where Sadie isn't eating!...

I have found that if your nosey almost 4 year old who has never met a stranger stands around asking guys what they're doing long enough you'll get to see a presentation...

but your sassy 1 year old who has better things to do won't care...

"la la tee deet, when do we eat?"...

"Sadie, come look what this man is making!"

"Is it food?"...

He had Elijah write his name on a board...

I'm not sure if this is something I should be proud of or if this is normal, but my 3 year old can write his name! So smart....

and the man used a special tool that shaves the wood so close his name came off, but it is thin as a sheet of paper...

After having some BBQ for lunch we did not pass up the opportunity for some home made ice cream...

We had a great time. I bought a gigantic jar of honey (for my allergies, can you write that off as a medical expense?) and a small jar of sorghum syrup (which I love and will be buying a larger jar next time). We are hoping to go back the weekend after Thanksgiving for their huge Craft Festival.