Old McDonald Had a Farm........

Did you know that New Jersey is the Garden State? Yep, it is! Now, it ain't no Lone Star State, but it really does have some beautiful rural areas. There are farmer's markets all over the place, and they are so fun to go to. There are farms everywhere, too. There are several farms within 15 miles of where we live, and they all offer really neat family-friendly activities all year long. Saturday the kids and I took the short drive to the Howell Living History Farm. They were tapping the maple trees and making maple syrup. Yum! We got to taste homemade wheat pancakes with homemade maple syrup...delicious! And we got to visit some of our animal friends :)









The kids got to make a "Maple Man" out of a cookie and loads of toppings. Surprisingly, Jaron only wanted "fruit froops" on his. Jordan was a little more ambitious with hers...I was beginning to think she was going to use every type of topping they had! And boy, they had their maple men eaten in a New York minute!!!!!