Last Day of School Fun

After the last day of school award ceremony, we enjoyed a picnic at the school with lots of friends.  It's always hard to say good-bye for summer!  Eventually though, it was time to go.  We perked the girls up some by surprising them with an afternoon adventure to check out Candytopia.  This was a really cool experience!  Everything here is made out of candy...it's a kid's dream!  It was so bright and colorful, and just really different from anything we'd seen before.  Oh, and there's free candy in every room.  Lindor chocolates in one, pixie sticks in another, marshmallows in a third, etc.  And they encourage you to enjoy.  It set the mood for a fun summer!

 Some of the candy structures hit you right you walk in.  The details and intricacies are pretty amazing!

 One of the rooms was like a playhouse.  Lots of fun things to see and do in here.

 I loved this color changing walkway!

 I thought this room was fascinating.  There were sculptures and replicas of famous paintings everywhere, and they were all made out of candy.  They were actually really impressive.

 Another room was made to look like you were scuba diving in the ocean.  These were some sweet animals though!

 The last room was outrageous.  Unicorns and pigs farting confetti were everywhere.

 Glitter was on and in everything.

 Seriously so much glitter.  You couldn't help but laugh!

 You had to use really powerful blowers at the end of the room to get (almost) all of the confetti off your body and out of your hair.  We all found extra confetti as we changed into pajamas that evening at home though!

 The last exhibit room was a big marshmallow pit.  We all had fun in it!

 A see saw to keep you entertained while you waited.

 Not too surprising, the last room was actually a gift shop.  While we managed to avoid buying any candy, there were a couple of cool pieces in here too, like this Braves' hat and baby elephant.

This was a really neat exhibit that I'm glad we experienced.  What a fun way to start off summer!

After this, we came home where there girls were very excited to continue another fun family tradition: summer baskets.  It's basically like Christmas for them!  We buy several books, toys, games and such for each girl and put them inside a big bag that they take turns pulling out.  It's not terribly expensive, but it's fun things for them to do over the summer.  One of the items I am most excited about it a new sketch book they each received.  Each day, I'm going to give them a writing or drawing prompt, and they'll use these books for their answers.  Just a fun way to get their creative juices going each day and to learn more about each of them.  It's a fun tradition that we all enjoy.

The girls specifically requested we go to Canoe for dinner that evening.  They both (actually all of us) really wanted to have the kangaroo appetizer we had when we went for my birthday back in March.  Unfortunately, it wasn't on the menu that evening, but no worries... Canoe never disappoints.  We still had a delicious dinner.  I had one of the best desserts ever too.  It was a sweet corn pie (but it tasted more like cheesecake with just the faintest hint of corn) with a layer of blueberry coulis on top with goat cheese, honey, and blueberries on the side.  I know this sounds ridiculous and probably not even good, but it was out of this world.  Happy last day of school!