A couple weeks ago, Oma & Opa (Ben's parents) came to visit. Opa had not yet met Weston so we were so excited for him to meet his third grandbaby. They arrived on the same Friday that Ben got laid off but it was a good distraction. Always adventurous and way younger than their years, Oma & Opa arrived on their motorcycle aka the "mo-mo" as Jackson calls it. Jackson was in awe and thought it was the coolest thing ever. He loves his Opa & these two play together for hours!
And true to form, Oma never arrives empty handed (however, this time, the surprises were delivered via UPS since the mo-mo didn't exactly have extra cargo space). Jackson is my little clothes horse and LOVES new clothes & shoes. Yes, he's 2, but he gets it honestly...Opa has more shoes than the rest of us combined. So he was thrilled to get 2 pairs of "Oma Shoes" which he won't take off, a set of popsicle molds and a scarecrow for both him & Weston for the front porch. Oma & Jackson made apple juice popsicles.
Having lived in Germany for 5 years (Ben was born there!), the Talbert's appreciate authentic Bavarian fare. On Saturday evening, we ventured to downtown Greer for the annual Octoberfest. (Last year, we made the mistake of going after dark and it was more of a bar scene than a family enviroment -- duh! -- and I'm thankful that Jackson didn't get doused with a spilled beer.) We arrived around dinner time & enjoyed brat and pretzel bread and were pleased to see that our kids weren't the only ones at the beer festival. We shared 2 funnel cakes (delish!), perused the new General Store (awesome!) and tried to get Jackson to dance to the band (fail).
Oma & Opa left on Sunday morning and as always, our visit just wasn't long enough. We plan to go to Brunswick for Thanksgiving for a longer stay!
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