Voyage to Vermont

“What color were the Patriots jerseys in 1492?” Matthew asked Bob during the drive to Vermont.

 I had my doubts that Bob choice of DVDs for the car ride to Vermont which was History of the Patriots, Bill Belichick football life, and 21 the NFL’s longest winning streak. However Matthew watched them intently during the three hour car ride both there and home. 

If the Patriots had been around in 1942 I am certain that he would have been interested in viewing a DVD of the season highlights.  

Bear in the Big House was there to greet us

We stayed at Sarah’s house for the weekend. The first morning we had a big pancake breakfast and then went to the Ben and Jerry’s factory. 

We did the tour and both children were extremely well behaved during it except towards the very end Sammy got a little impatient while waiting for her ice cream sample. 

Then we visited the flavor graveyard. Matthew was very curious all weekend about what “dead ice cream” looks like. We also  ate some ice cream under covered picnic tables in the rain. 

We spent the rest of the day at the toy and train museum. Matthew could have spent all day at the train museum portion if we let him.

The adults were most excited to see all our favorite childhood toys, especially Bob who got to see Faker his favorite He-Man action figure. 

That night we ate dinner at an old favorite of ours Lui Lui which is now semi famous in the area because Mitt Romney ate there last month. 

I don't have a picture from Lui Lui but I do have a picture of Sammy enjoying her pancake breakfast

Matthew also played a lot of Wii there. Sammy "played" too

The second morning we had a big pancake breakfast and then went to Billings Farm and Museum.

This cow was born that morning at 4 am

Matthew loved playing with the stick and hoop toys.

Sammy could not tear herself away from the sheep nearby.

We toured an old farmhouse that made butter, and put Matthew to work making cider and peeling apples. 

After that we took a trolley into Woodstock to browse a couple stores before heading back to Sarah’s house to eat lunch. After lunch we hit the road to travel back to our home. 

Insomniac at play

With the one exception that Sammy seems to have given up sleeping from the hours of 1 am until 3, opting to cry at that time instead, this weekend was perfect. We had a lot of fun!