Our Family Trip to Stamford

Last weekend we took a family trip to Stamford, CT. Friday our adventure started! We drove down and checked into our hotel. We immediately got swimsuits on but before heading to the pool Holden had to find a basketball game on TV. And he did! All by himself. Our Friday night included a Thai dinner and the Lego movie, with popcorn and candy of course! Saturday we went to a Maple Syrup Festival at the Stamford Nature & Science center. We saw some huge livestock and learned about the maple syrup process. We saw how the Native Americans and Colonists boiled down the sap as well as today's process. It takes 40 buckets of sap to make just one bucket of syrup! After our sample we decided to buy a bottle of CT pure maple grade A dark syrup. As we headed into the museum we watched the otter feeding time, it was fun to watch them slide across the ice and dive into the water. Inside the museum they had a teen chef competition in connection to the festival. There were four talented young chefs sharing their maple inspired creations. Another draw for the museum was the Lego exhibit they had on display, and it did not disappoint. We then headed home but stopped in Hartford for "Americas best pizza". It was delicious, we ordered a margarita pizza and devoured it. It was a fun little trip and great start to Nate's Spring break.