Bean Boozled

Oh, the reason we headed downtown over Labor Day weekend was because the Jelly Belly Tour bus was in town. Rob loves jelly bellies, so it was a no brainer that we needed to have this experience. I am not so sure if it is an experience I would ever do again. They have a new line called "Bean Boozled". You get to spin a fun wheel and you have to try what you land on. You could get either skunk spray or licorice, pencil shavings or top banana, rotten egg or buttered popcorn, toothpaste or berry blue, canned dog food or chocolate pudding, barf or peach, booger or juicy pear, moldy cheese or caramel corn, baby wipes or coconut, centipede or strawberry jam.

The kids spun the wheel and he controls it so it always lands on toothpaste or berry blue. Ellery says she got berry and Mason said his tasted like toothpaste. One has no idea which one you are getting because the blues look exactly alike. Ewwww

Rob made me go first, what a gentleman. I am not sure anyone is a good option. I ended up landing on canned dog food or chocolate pudding. I popped that bean like a pro and wanted to spit it out and did! I now know what canned dog food really tastes like! Rob took his turn and got baby wipes or coconut. That would be a no win situation for me because I hate coconut, but no worries, he got to taste baby wipes. His response was it tastes like what we think baby wipes would taste like! We were proud winners of being Bean Boozled and walked away with a lot of free samples of normal jelly bellies, smiling kids, and proud sticker wearing parents stating we had been Bean Boozled! BEWARE, we bought a box and you really can't tell the difference. You may think twice before you snag a jelly belly from our candy container! Insert evil laugh! Muuuuuuuaaaaaaahhhhhhhh

Millard Day Parade

We took Mason to his first parade experience this weekend. At first he wasn't so sure about everything that was going on and wanted to be held the whole time. He is our reserve child but once he warms up to the idea watch out.
We met some family at the parade and after watching Amber and Ryan pick up the thrown candy he slowly warmed up to the idea. He was completely enthralled after he got a taste of tootsie roll. He actually was more interested in trying to open every piece of candy he had already collected rather than collect more. It was his first candy experience with us and he had tootsie rolls, smarties, lollipops, and who knows what else. The moral of the story is that after his first candy experience he didn't take a nap later that afternoon. He didn't want to waste his sugar buzz on a nap. Ellery was a champ at the parade and was held by Judy and Jody the whole time. The only time she cried is when the shrine people came around driving their mini cars and honking. She is very sensitive to loud noises and large crowds of people. We could be raising another reserved child.