Candy, candy, candy!

Mamo called last week and told me about a candy factory in Denver that gives tours (it was on the Food Network's "Unwrapped" show) so Blake and I had a mother/son outing to Hammond's Candies to find out how handmade candy canes are created. We had such a fun time! Here Blake's standing at one of the windows where the people on the tour get to watch as the candymakers do their thing. He was genuinely interested in the whole process and liked watching them pull the candy into long ropes, cut it and bend it into delicious candy canes.

Blake and our "elf" tour guide

After the tour we visited the candy shop and Blake made quite a haul! He got a coiled lollypop as big as his head and a giant candy cane. In the Christmas spirit, he also got some soft peppermints for his sicky brother who had to stay home with Daddy. Handmade candy really is delicious and well worth the drive...thanks for the great tip, Mamo! ( Blake proceeded to eat most of the giant candy cane on our drive back to Aurora. We went to the butcher shop right afterward to get our Christmas prime rib and when we got there Blake started to run in circles in front of the lobster tank with his shirt collar pulled up over his face, laughing maniacally. The people in line looked and him and then looked at me questioningly. All I had to say is that we'd just been to Hammond's Candies and all the mothers in the group nodded and said "ooooh." I guess I'm not the only one with kids who get sugar-crazy!)