MAPLE SYRUP TIME!!!!!
Just got back from the maple syrup demonstration. It was very informative. Learned alot about maple trees and making syrup. Zachary just finished taking his turn drilling the tree for sap.
Elyse taking a turn drilling.
We met up with other homeschoolers. Serena's family was supposed to go with us, but they forgot to register until it was too late. We did meet up with them for lunch. Kaitlyn took a turn too (her little brother is in the navy hat to the right).
We tasted the sap and the finished maple syrup. We liked the syrup but not the sap. Did you know it takes 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup. No wonder Aunt Jemima uses corn syrup.
Nicolas is normally a very shy boy. Today, he talked up a storm. He told stories and asked questions. It was so funny! He has the cutest laugh...
One little boy kept falling down. Everyone kept asking him if he was all right. After awhile, we just chalked it up to being a boy and enjoying being on the ground.
One more highlight of the trip was McD's shakes on the way home. One vanilla, two chocolate and one Shamrock shake to go, please. We picked up Dad at Trinity on the way home. It was a good day.
posted by Adminswife @ 3:22 PM
3 Comments:
Fun! That's awesome that Zach actually got to do the drilling. That's a pretty cool field trip experience. Looks like the kids enjoyed themselves on this trip as well. Nice work, Mom!
Nope I had no idea how much sap it took to make syrup. Ridiculous!
I am glad you enjoyed your day. I hope you enjoy your evening as well!
love you,
Betsey
How fun! I now see why real maple syrup is so expensive!
So what do they do to make syrup? I thought it was straight from the tree and that's it. Look how much I know, haha! Guess there would be a lot more people gnawing at trees if that were the case.
Fun field trip and play night (in the last post). It's the best way to teach kids, in my opinion!
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