Denial...It's Not Just A River

I've decided that I'm going to put my foot down.

Maybe even open my own vineyard with some of the leftover whine.

I'm in a little bit of denial you see.

I'm going to pout.

But, I'm not going to shout (I have to be the adult most of the time now)

Labor Day has come and gone.

Samantha will be starting pre-school on Monday morning.

Summertime is not over.

So this weekend, Jeremy, the Madore-ables and I are enjoying one last Summer vacation thanks to a Christmas present from my Mom last year.

We're visiting Story Land and having one last Summer time fling.

Not ready to give up Summertime just yet.

Here are some photos of the girls doing our favorite Summer past time...

Roasting marshmallows.

Sarah was worried that she would get sticky on her hands...

So she happily accepted the outer shell from Nanny's marshmallow.

Nah...she preferred having Nanny feed her the mallow from the stick instead.

(By the way hunny, you have something on your face...)

A little blurry of Sam, but it was the only one I had of her sitting still, ha ha.

Our Strawberry Shortcakes

Yesterday, my Mom and I took the Madore-ables to go strawberry picking. The girls had never been before, so they were in awe of all the strawberries that could be picked. They really had a great time! We were fully prepared and dressed in rain boots and rain jackets, but the weather held out and was perfect for picking.

It didn't take long at all to fill up our Tupperware buckets. So right before we were done, Samantha started to protest that she wasn't done picking yet. When I explained to her that we only brought two buckets with us, she then asked me how were we going to pick all the other strawberries. Sam didn't understand that they didn't have to pick the entire field of strawberries which I thought was hysterical.

Here are some of my favorite photos from the day :)

A Very Sweet Field Trip!

Yesterday, Nanny, the Madore-ables and I went on a very sweet (no pun intended) field trip with the FCC to the New England Chocolate Company in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Jayne was a fantastic tour guide, and she did a wonderful job explaining the process of how chocolate begins and how it ends...in our stomachs :)

Here begins the tour

Chocolate is there life apparently Here, Jayne is explaining how chocolate begins. This is a chocolate replica of a cocoa bean.

Jayne explaining that cocoa beans aren't necessarily brown. They're orange!

Before we went into the magic kitchen, we had to wear special hats.

Sarah wanted nothing to do with the hats.

And everyone had to wash their hands!

And be fitted for "special" gloves

A melting pot of dark chocolate...mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Samantha just found out that she's going to get "hands on" with the chocolate.

Samantha "fishing" for her Oreo cookie in the chocolate pot.

Sarah didn't participate in the kitchen, but Jayne was very kind and made an extra piece and gave it to Sarah.

Samantha enjoying the fruits of her labor.

Thank you to Lilly and Marion for organizing the event and of course, thank you to Jayne for opening up your doors to 12 children and being such a great tour guide!!!!