As many of you heard on the Smashed Peas and Carrots Facebook page earlier this week, we were able to visit one of our favorite Farmers Markets for the first official market of the season.
We were so excited. The kids even made a list of things they wanted to buy which included honey (specifically honeycomb), butterkase cheese, and a bag of kettle corn popcorn, lol, they have very specific tastes. I was pretty impressed with how well they remembered the market from our trips last summer.
We enjoyed lots of pretty blooms that are in season right now and a few fresh picked veggies too…although in a few more months the pickings will be much more varied over here in chilly midwestern Illinois.
We worked our way sampling through a whole tableful of peanut butters…and decided on a large container of fresh ground Honey Roasted Peanut Butter, who can deny that flavor. It has been the perfect breakfast addition on our toast these past few mornings….YUM!
The kids dove right into the Kettlecorn.
Sustenance needed…
after climbing trees…
and balancing ever-so-carefully on curbs…along with all the running around they did.
If you live in the Chicagoland area I highly suggest that you spend at least one Tuesday or Saturday visiting the Woodstock Farmers Market. It is set in their perfectly quaint downtown square which is loaded with lots of olden-day visual eye candy.
Have you ever seen the movie Groundhog Day? With Bill Murray? It was filmed here (way neat-o!)…so you can see lots of the buildings that were in the movie…pretty cool if you like that kinda stuff! Plus, while you are here there is also a small Dick Tracy museum you can visit since this was apparently where the creator Chester Gould lived.
Who Knew?
Thanks for stopping by today!
XOXO,
If you follow the market on twitter they send out little challenges during the morning and the first to complete each one gets free tokens (between $1-$10). Of course I forgot to check my phone while we were there…there’s always next week.
I follow them via FB and I always forget to do that too, lol!! They love to have fun,
don’t they!
I love it when you post about things in your area, as I grew up in Crystal Lake and am now way down in South Florida. Makes me a bit homesick, good thing I am visiting soon. And by the way, your kids are soooo cute- can’t wait to see pictures of the next one! -Andrea
Oh how fun that you grew up up here Andrea! I’m sure a Florida has it’s perks though, right!? PS. I can’t wait to see pictures of #4 either…8 weeks can’t come soon enough!!
Oh how fun! Wish we lived closer to a cool farmer’s market. 🙂 PS Ansley has the same dress as P but in purple.
Oh I recognise those buildings at Woodstock! I was an exchange student to Harvard, Illinois from NZ… I now live in Australia… but LOVED my year in the Mid west!