Well, we made it everyone! Yay! Year two of the March SOL Challenge is under my belt and I celebrated by going to the Jelly Belly Factory (that's my story and I'm stickin' to it). A little backstsory would help- my sister is expecting and is on bed rest so we are all taking turns getting her other kiddos out of the house for a while. My Dad came up with the idea of taking my niece up to Wisconsin to get some Jelly Belly's because she is obsessed with black licorice jelly beans. I just can't get over the fact that a 5 year old bypassed the bubble gum and cotton candy flavors for....black licorice. We took a factory tour (where you have to wear a paper hat) that rides around the factory on a trolly (it's some Willy Wonka level stuff) and then it drops you off right at the store. Personally, I cheaped out and bought their "belly flops" which are the jelly beans that didn't pass visual inspection but taste just as good. My niece, however, went right for the rainbow colored tubes of jelly beans. Every time she liked a flavor, I would pick her up and hold her as she put her bag under the tube and pulled the lever to make jelly beans drop into her bag. She was utterly fascinated by the concept! On the way home we stopped at the Mars Cheese Castle where the employees were so impressed with the fact that she liked the fancy cheese samples that they kept bringing different cheeses out for her to try. Her favorite was the goat cheese curds. She walked in the door and said "Mommy, Mommy! I got bwack licrich and goat cures." This kid, I tell ya!
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3/31/2017 08:01:56 pm
I love black licorice jelly beans, so your niece sounds like one jelly bean connoisseur in my book!
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3/31/2017 08:25:37 pm
I think I need to go East and try this Jelly Belly factory. Sounds like such a good time! What a sweet niece you've got!
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