Elmvale's Maple Syrup Festival and Nathan's New Bike

On the weekend we went to Elmvale's Maple Syrup Festival. They close the street down for the day and a bunch of vendors set up to sell their brand of maple syrup and various goodies. The first store we went in had these big suckers so Nathan got to choose one and he sat for a while to enjoy it before moving on to the next thing.





Nathan loved going in the fire truck. He could have sat there all day I think.





He got all upset when it was time to get off the carousel. He loved riding the "horsie's" as he called them.


All 3 of us went for a ride in the strawberry one. It was fun. This other little boy ended up coming in ours. Both TJ and the little boy were spinning the center wheel which makes you spin faster and the little boy kept getting launched over to the open part or onto me. I kept asking him if he was ok and with a big smile he would say "yep" and get right back up and start spinning it again. It was so funny.







The car ride home :)




Later that day, we went to the rec complex where there's a nice big parking lot so Nathan could try out his new bike.







He rode around for close to an hour picking his own route as we followed . A great day!

Chappell Farms

On Friday we went to Chappell Farms where they were having their Easter Festival and egg hunt. In the car, Nathan was ready to go with basket in hand...

...And here he is about half an hour after we got there. Out of nowhere he gets all sleepy and passes out on my shoulder. Then the tractor came out and he woke right up and got into it.

They threw out tons of candy and here is what Nathan picked up all by himself. He had a lot of fun. The sucker was a total score. He sucked on that the rest of the time we were there.

I found these bunny ears in the store and couldn't resist. :)

Nathan was afraid of this bunny walking around so TJ had his picture taken with him to show that he was ok but Nathan wanted no part in it and stayed away. It was funny.