Burlington Trip

Madison going down the slide at the ECHO center and Noelle would go down head first.


Madison and Noelle practicing their sailing.


Madison and Noelle at the Teddy Bear Factory.



Oh, Burlington is so close but there is so much to see and do. While Nate was in class all day the girls and I went exploring. The second day we went to the ECHO Center, where we saw tons of fish, but to Madison they were just HUGE Goldfish. They also had a playland which was great. The girls ran around and went down slides, under tires, and in a boat. (Eabys- Madison is almost a professional at getting the sail up and you can see she knows how to wear the life jacket (backwards)). Then came the fun part of that place, playing in a giant bathtub with different boats and sponges. It was demonstrating the water shed off a mountain and the different flows of rivers. The final day we went to the Vermont Teddy Bear Company for a tour of the factory and Madison made her own bear. She picked it out and named it too. The bear is pink and she named it Star---oh boy... Of course her mother wanted her to pick out a pretty brown or black bear but Madison was very insistent on the pink one so now we have Star the pink, pink, all pink bear with a pink head band. After there we went to my favorite and the girls ended up having a ball too. The Shelburn Farms. We took a nice walk up to the kid's barn, there were chickens, goats, sheep and lambs, cows, lamas and so much more. There were play tractors to play on, tons of room to run and play, they were also showing the cheese making and giving samples out. The 2 year old cheddar was everybodys favorite. At the end we took a tractor ride and I thought Madison was not going to stop talking about the ride she loved it so much. Even though Burlington is so close it was very nice to be home in our own beds with our own toys and our own fans that lull us to sleep at night.