Yesterday we took a trolley tour of Spangler Candy Factory. In case you didn't know, Spangler is located in Bryan, Ohio and is the maker of the Dum Dum Suckers and Saf-T-Pops, as well as Candy Canes. They are actually the only candy cane manufacturer left in the United States and they are one of the largest in the world. Spangler is most know for the Dum Dum's though. Did you know that the Dum Dum was named for a bullet in India? (we learned lots of interesting facts). It was a fun time and although we didn't see as much of the factory in person as I would have liked, it was still very interesting.
The kids had fun too. We all enjoyed daddy having to wear the hair net for the trolley tour. Of course we all had to wear one, but Ron commented as we were beginning that he could feel his hair through the top of his net! Eli was fascinated by his beard net too!
Here we are on the trolley, waiting for the tour to begin.
There were no pictures allowed during the tour, but I snapped this just after it was over!
Remember I said Eli liked the beard net? Well after we were done, and looking around the museum, Daddy let him try it out.
He also liked the Dum Dum hat!
All 3 boys enjoyed being the Dum Dum man.
Even after we got in the car to go home, Eli still wanted to wear his net (I'm not sure how the glasses got thrown into the mix)!
We had gone on the tour with Ms Cathy, and her grandson, Bradyn as well as his parents, and Cathy's mom and aunt. So after we were done we went back to her house for lunch and some swimming. Maddie relaxed in the shade of the swing. OK, she didn't really relax, but I snapped this picture when she was at her stillest moment (is stillest a word?)
As always, the boys had a great time with Bradyn and got completely worn out!
It was a fun day and fun to be together as a family!
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