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Sep. 22, 2009
Hammond's Candy Factory/First Day of Fall!
John 8:12
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
Today our homeschool group went on a tour of Hammond's Candy Factory!
We had been there a year ago, but the kids didn't remember it. It was fun to go again! They have a long step in front of the window for the little ones to step up and see what's going on. No secret ingredient to their candies, we found out. Just corn syrup, sugar and candy, boiled to 330 degrees! Add different flavor and colorings, and voila!
We saw them pour it onto the table, spread it out, put it on a puller and stretch it, make ropes for candy canes and ribbon candy, cut it into pieces, and even package it all up!
We all got free pieces of vanilla sugar sticks, a piece of taffy, and extra large candy canes. Can you say 'sugar high!' lol None of the kids took a nap today, needless to say. Kate finally just crashed in my arms as I'm typing this story, and it's 6PM!
Here are some pictures from our tour!
Jack taking his free piece of taffy, right when you come in the door!
Stepping up to see through the window, looking at all the workers!
A guy shaping a huge piece of rolled candy
Candy in "the puller"
Free vanilla sugar sticks!
The tour guide was showing us where to get our free candy canes
In the gift shop
The kids and I!
We also celebrated the first day of fall! It's a tradition we've done for the last 3 or 4 years now.....we color different kinds of fall leaves, cut them out, and tape them to the front living room window!
When October comes, each of the kids gets to color their own pumpkin, and we'll tape them to the bottom of the window, under the leaves.
Meg's pink leaf!
Jack busy coloring
Ben colored a brown one!
All the kiddos working hard
Kate pondering something!
All done and taped up!
SMILE!
Meg (3 1/2), Jack (5), Kate (1 1/2) and Ben (6)
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Sep. 23, 2009 - Untitled Comment
I love the pic of you with the kids, what a sweet family :0)
What a fun day and great pics too!