Pape Pecan House

I took the sprouts on our first field trip in Seguin to Pape's Pecan House.
They ship out hundreds of thousands of pounds of pecans every year from this tiny little shop.
With a nutcracker museum and with the hopes of finding a new favorite treat from this unique shop the sprouts and I were ready for the trip.

I loved the signs in the window that say "Please drive slowly, our squirrels don't know one nut from another." and " Welcome to the nut house."

The entrance is behind the rather large squirrel.

Apparently it was a little too bright outside for the sprouts.
Check out that sound structure of the bench. :)

Posing with the giant nutcracker

So many fun goodies in this shop that it made it hard to choose what to purchase this time around. From local honey that looked the color of molasses (the color I found out is determined by the type of flowers the bees pollinate from) to honey butter and a variety of nuts, pecan oil, jams, jellies and salsas.

We ended up trying the blueberry nut honey butter (a new favorite) and the Texas Wild salsa. As you can see by the jar of salsa it was a big hit!

Joshua and I are going to treat all of our guests that come stay for a visit with some goodies from our home grown store. That's a promise!

Butler's Orchard

Butler's Orchard is about 20 minutes from where we live.
Check out their website to see all the fun things we will get to enjoy this year.
www.butlersorchard.com/

Sydney and Noah caught on very quickly to the skill of berry picking. Both had very different reasons. Sydney's was to fill her bag for Daddy and Noah's reason was to fill his belly.

Sydney loved picking blackberries for Daddy. She kept saying "Mommy I'm picking blackberries for Daddy. Daddy likes blackberries. Daddy loves blackberry cobbler".

Noah examined every blackberry before he ate it.

Anytime you ask Sydney to smile for the camera here is the face you get.

Noah was caught red handed! At the end of berry picking he did not
have a single berry in his bag because they had all gone in his mouth.

Smithsonian National Zoo

We went to the zoo for our last family outing before classes start.
Sydney and Noah loved riding the Metro to and from the zoo

but were a little taken back by the speed of it.

There are two beautiful lion statues on both sides of the entrance into the zoo.

Sydney and Noah loved getting to see Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, and Tai Shan.
Here is a link to check out the pandas live on Giant Panda Cam:National Zoo.
http://animal.discovery.com/cams/pandavidr.html

We got to see the elephants up close and personal for their feeding.
Sydney and Noah squealed with delight.

Montgomery County Fair

We had a wonderful time at the fair with Paul and Lauren Rowher our host family. Sydney and Noah had a smile plastered on their faces from the moment we arrived and it did not leave until they fell asleep on the car ride home.

Blue ribbon winners posing for a picture.

Guess how much I way? I sold for 3 dollars a lb. x 1240 lb.

Too cute to pass up.

Joshua and Noah petting the bunnies.

Just hatched.