Today we went to Chippewa Nature Center for Maple Syrup Day. It was a lot of fun. There were some craft projects to do. Mommy helped me make a mokuk (a birchwood basket). After that, she helped me stencil a leaf onto a small white bag. That was fun, and the lady running the project said it was one of the best ones she'd seen yet! After we finished the projects, we went and had applesauce, sausage, and pancakes with real maple syrup for lunch. They were really good. My pancake was shaped like Mickey Mouse and had a yellow M&M for a nose. After lunch, we went outside and took a hayride back to the Sugarhouse. Once we got there, we learned all about how they make maple syrup.

Then we went out into the woods to see the buckets hanging on the trees and I got to taste some sap. It pretty much tasted just like water. After that we went to the old school house and learned about how trees are tapped for collecting sap. While we were outside, I rang the big bell. Then we walked over to where the barns are, but it's still too cold for the animals to be there. Hopefully I'll get to go back and see them in the summer. After we walked through an old cabin, where I worked an old washing machine, we walked back to the Nature Center and found our car and came home. I had a really good time and I'm glad I got to go to Maple Syrup Day.