Every year, Katie's dad taps the trees in his backyard in order to drain sap and create homemade maple syrup. The man has become semi-famous for the stuff, this side of the Mississippa. So we took Owen over there on Saturday to experience syrup-making firsthand. For the first half hour, Owen was in total awe of the whole production: three pots boiling, logs being fed to the fire, two "workers", and (a new upgrade this year) an air blower to increase the fire's rage.
The best part? As an on-site Q.C.R. (Quality Control Representative), Owen was awarded with a little sip of this year's batch-- from the C.S.O. (Chief Sapping Officer/Grandpa). At first, Owen wasn't sure what to think of it, but we think he liked it on the second and third sips.
Note: Owen is wearing Katie's jacket b/c, being the awesome parents we are, we forgot to bring little man's jacket. Kinda funny, but we made do. Improvise!
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