NH in the Spring

About ten minutes after returning from our North Shore trip, we loaded up the double stroller and headed to campus to help collect sap.  Proctor has their own sugar house and taps their own trees and it is such a blast for the little kids (and the high school kids!) on campus to be a part of the process. 

Our boys loved riding in the back of the big truck ("glorified hay ride" as our friend called it - don't be alarmed, we weren't on real roads...) and emptying the sap buckets.  It's amazing how quickly the sap is pouring out of the trees right now.  This is one of our favorite activities that we look forward to every spring!

 Hang on tight!

 Soooo much sap!

 Happy Boy...

 What a place to grow up!

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Today we visited our friends' sugarhouse to watch them boil.  It was pretty adorable listening to Camden explain to Micah where syrup comes from and watching them lick their lips after tasting a fresh sample.  It made us miss my sister and her family as Dave is usually a part of the Tucker Mountain Maple Co-op and just lives for spring in NH.  :(  Hopefully some day they'll move back from North Carolina (Dave is in a 3 year program at Duke Divinity School, Caren has a great job and Clara is in a wonderful Waldorf school...only time will tell if they return to their little farm on Tucker Mountain).

 The boys loved visiting the alpacas too!  What a fun afternoon!

 This poor guy has some serious buck-teeth! 

Gotta love New Hampshire...

Back into the "village" and we're following a tractor.  Just another day in the country.

I love where we live, and I love that my little boys will grow up knowing exactly where the syrup on our table comes from.  :)