We gathered some cousins and a neighbor and met up with our homeschool co-op friends (minus some sick ones 🙁 ) at Candy Haven. The tour was about 20 minutes though it started late so the kids spent awhile drooling over the chocolates in the front shop. We saw the wedding cake sample room (where Kit and I sat nine years ago, sampling all the types of cake, frosting & fillings.) The kids were quite impressed (I think so were us moms) by the beautiful cakes. Then we saw the baker, the cake decorator, and the strawberry chocolate dipping center. There were shelves and shelves for the cakes (not full on a Tuesday but packed on weekends, they said.) And racks of chocolates. I was quite impressed with the kids’ self control and there was no snitching or poking or sneaking. (But boy, it was tempting.) At the end the kids watched the cake decorating decorate THEIR cupcakes! It was half cupcake, half frosting – seriously, they looked like ice cream cones on top of the cupcakes, it was so high.

I couldn’t eat mine (egg, of course) so I brought it home for Kit. I think everyone had fun. The workers were really sweet and did a great tour with the kids. It was $1 per person (which covered the freshly baked & decorated cupcakes) and we just paid as we checked out.

This is going to be one aspect of homeschooling I love – setting up field trips! 🙂 (These are from the iPhone so not super great pictures but they captured the adventure.)