The other weekend we found our way to the Arboretum to learn about maple tapping and syrup production.  While Ella may not have been thrilled on the actual science behind the process (she rolled in the snow during the park ranger's lecture) she was certainly thrilled with sampling the result.  With Ella's emerging interest in trying new things, she even drank some tree sap with us.  Afterwards, her Mimi watched in awe as she ate the both of us under the table at the pancake breakfast.  Interestingly we learned that it takes forty gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup.  Another take away from this experience....Mrs. Butterworth will never look the same.