Maple Weekend

It snowed. On March 30th.  It is unreal how this Winter will not end!!  Oh well, it will make Florida feel even better when we finally get there.  We had plans to do Maple Weekend and 6-12 inches wasn't going to stop us.  Plus this was the view: 

  C'mon - at least it's pretty.  Not exactly what I expected at the end of March but it made for a nice ride.  Maple weekend happens once a year in New York and there are a lot of maple farms to go to but they are kind of far away if you live in the suburbs.  We found one in Gowanda, NY which was about 45 minutes away.  Most of the places have pancake breakfasts too but the Maple Glen Sugarhouse where we went doesn't.  There was a pancake breakfast at the Gowanda fire hall but for those that know me, I am not a fire hall pancake eating kind-of-girl.  So we had breakfast at Pappas' and then hit the road!  My parents came too.  Thank goodness for the DVD player in the truck although I'm pretty sure Daddy complains more than the kids.     

How is this method for heating up the hooter juice in the truck?

It worked like a charm!  The bottle was the perfect temp when we got there :)  If that bottle looks a little funny it's because it is.  Its called breastflow by Safety First and has 2 nipples.  It has allowed  all of the boys to go back and forth between bottle and breast with Zero issues.  Which is priceless if you ask me!  OK back to Maple weekend.

  The maple trees get "tapped" once a year but the liquid that comes out is a tiny bit maple syrup and a whole lot of water.  The workers then have to take the water out of it.  It goes through a bunch of filters and then through an evaporator and comes out maple syrup.  The evaporator is that giant silver machine in the picture.  The real stuff is super sweet but all natural.  Mrs. Buttersworth is all fake.  I know, Sad but true.  OK now for the kids favorite part:

Maple cotton candy!  Oh lawd it was good.  That maple donut I had wasn't too bad either!  We hit the little gift shop and came out with Maple cream.  Delicious on toast and worth the trek out there if you ask me. 

 

Goodies:

 



And then we came home and built the last snowman of the season.  At least it better be!!!