Holy cow. My daughter and I have the worst indigestion from all those jelly beans. The twisted part is, I crave more. I must have more! They call to me!
The gods smiled this morning, and I did not have to ride the schoolbus. I hitched with another mom, and we tailed the bus there and back in her awesome SUV. (I'd like to take this opp. to modify previously disparaging remarks about SUVs. I still don't want one, but they be cool! This sucka had all the creature comforts. Adjustable cup holders, laptop port, individualized climate control, auto-masseuse, servants' quarters ...)
First stop (and the "educational" part of our day) was the UC Davis Arboretum:
The kids were given tablets for a scavenger hunt of sorts - they had to write down the names of plants that solved the clues. This activity didn't go over with every first-grader in attendance, as you can imagine. I saw more than one parent surreptitiously filling in answers for their little darlings. Bunny and her girlfriends found a good many together, though. Let's hear it for cooperation.
Now. How'd you like to be seen in this Bug?
I'd forgotten that Reagan used to keep a big bowl of this candy on his desk in the Oval Office, and was probably responsible for putting Jelly Belly on the map. There were at least half a dozen portraits of Dutch, done entirely in jelly beans, in the lobby and on the factory floor.
I only got pictures of the funky lobby, because the tour guide got all persnickety and wouldn't let me take pics within the factory.
But we had a great time, learned a lot about factories and machines, and oh yeah, about jelly bean manufacturing, too.
Stop me from eating more!
Mmmm. This is making me want Belly Flops.
Posted by: Jennifer | May 24, 2004 at 10:56 AM