We made it to the Sugar Bush!! And what a fantastic day for it. We packed up the kids and set our sights on Pakenham and Fulton’s. The last time we went there was at least six years ago. There are a few smaller ones closer to the city so if you aren’t up for a drive you can pretend you are out in the country. Fulton’s is a full working sugar bush. Which means they tap all the trees (they don’t use buckets anymore, now they use tubing that runs through the forest) collect the sap and boil it all on the premises. Unfortunately the sap isn’t running yet as our days have not been warm enough. Most likely by next weekend the sap will be running.
This first photo is a rare one. Yes, I am in it! And it isn’t a self portrait. Hubby actually took a few today (you can see more here). I was impressed. We are on one of the trails set up for kids. There are signs describing all the trees and different animals that live in the forest. With pictures of the different foot prints so you can track them in the snow.
A little aside: Thank you for all your wonderful comments on my hair. Today was a better day. I realized on Thursday that the stylist misunderstood me and gave me Jennifer Aniston’s hair from 14 years ago at the beginning of Friends and not her hair now, with the long soft layers. I forgot to bring a photo of myself with this hairstyle and Jennifer Aniston was the only person I could think of that had the hairstyle I wanted. I am still struggling with it being so short, but hopefully it will be long enough by June for me to enjoy it :). Now back to the sugar bush.
J was lovin’ his pancakes. And we even got him to eat the sausage by telling him it was a hot dog! I may have to pick up some breakfast links for him. Pancakes are actually new on his menu, so I want him to keep eating them. I make a batch now and toast them up for him.
And the last photo is of the taffy on snow. A true sugar bush tradition. They take some nice clean snow, pour the warm syrup on it and it hardens into a lollipop of maple sugar goodness. We had a perfect morning for it, the sun came out and warmed us up. We went on the sleigh ride and Hubby and J played in the park. It truly was a glorious day. Now the snow can all melt so the Easter Bunny won’t leave tracks in the snow while hiding the eggs.
The guys with their truck were gone by 9pm, onward on at least a five hour journey home. We had fun watching the tow truck driver inch the rig around the corner. Thank you so much for your compliments. I know that if I had had somewhere to go I would probably have been a lot less helpful, but with nowhere to go and knowing how silly they already felt I put myself in their shoes. I also thought about a fellow blogger’s Dad, not that he would have gotten stuck. He would have most likely had the foresight to investigate before attempting the turn, but these young guys just figured their rig wouldn’t get stuck. Anyhow, I thought of SAJ’s Dad and I know that if he was out there, I would have done the same if not more.
March Break is almost over and although it feels like we have done so much it also feels like we have done nothing at all. After so much fun in the huge amounts of snow, the novelty has worn off.
We took Apple for her 6 month check up. She is growing steadily and although she is big for her age, she is small in comparison to J at 6 months, so it is hard to remember that he was really, really large. Apple is starting to crawl. I was too tired to pull out the camera for that tonight, but I will try to catch her tomorrow. The time is near to clear up all the little fiddly things and baby proof at least the family room and kitchen.
After Apple’s check up I took J bowling with his best bud from school. He was really great! I did not think I was going to have to bowl but we were a bit late, so I left Apple in the stroller and threw a few. I forgot how much fun it can be to throw a ball at some pins, very refreshing. Here’s a photo of J taking his first toss. And just like me, he was doing a little dance after each throw.
Today found us visiting with some of my girlfriends I have known for years and their kids. Thankfully there was an older boy for J to play with and us ladies got to chat with the babies on our laps.
Now we have to decide what we are going to do with out last official day of March Break.
This truck was way down the street today, when I saw them down there I said to myself I sure hope they are going to back up because they will never make this corner. Well they tried. I blured out the names and stuff because I feel terrible for them. Have you ever made a mistake and felt like an idiot. Well, guess how this guy feels. I know. I talked to them.
With all my neighbours that have construction companies and groundskeeping companies you would think that someone had salt. The truck was spinning on ice. I had no salt left, but I had earth. It helped, not enough. He was spinning and smoking, mad as all get out. But, I knew if he hit pavement and got going the way he was spinning there was going to be damage. Either to a house, car or the truck. I offered a few things. Then they called a tow truck. So, I offered my washrooms and some drinks. I offered to make coffee and send them out with snacks. They were content with the washroom and the soda.
They got stuck around 4pm. It is now 8:15pm and they are still sitting out there waiting. They are blocking three full driveways, if not four. We don’t care we have no where to go. But, just imagine feeling like and idiot and having people come by and remind you of it (several of my neighbours have yelled at them. What are they supposed to do?). Well, I decided to go the other way and try to kill them with kindness. I hope in their bad day that at least they got a kick out of me trying to make their day better. J thought they were cool and Apple was oblivious. My dogs sniffed and snarfled them and Hubby on one hand didn’t want to invite them in for dinner (I made enough) but wanted me to go out and check on them. They would have almost been home by now (they are on their way to Toronto) but instead they are stuck in our neighbourhood.
