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a sweet trip!

most of you all know i have a love affair with chocolate, so it shouldn't surprise you that i took the kids for some spring break fun at the local chocolate factory. seriously, this was a pretty good tour. okay, so the tour itself was just so-so, but for $6 for all 3 of us we got 3 bags of chocolates, made our own chocolate spoon, and steal on some christmas goodies!
the above mr. cocoa might have been a bit too much however - so glad they saved him for the end!
my wonderful nieces joined us on this grand trip. i think they had fun, they were quite excited about the hair nets we had to wear. i think i heard them talk about wanting to make a new fashion statement with them.

mapboy making his spoon....they were supposed to freeze while we were in the movie with mr. cocoa, but they didn't seem quite solid yet. mapboy was very concerned that his was melting. after a day of cheerios he desperately wanted to eat the spoon!


princess making her spoon. she was much more patient, but definitely eager to eat the chocolate!!!
if you live around these here parts - i would recommend this for a rainy day event. they kids did enjoy the trip. it was short enough and they fed us enough along the way to hold their interest. and for this mamma...the chocolate was just what i needed to end this spring break week!




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Lindsey said…
The hair net thing...Im starting a new trend here at school :)

And oh so glad that mapboy got his spoon before it melted ;)
weergavenaam said…
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weergavenaam said…
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Anything involving chocolate is a PLUS! I'm not loving the hairnets though! lol

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