Tree Tapping Good Time

Saturday we decided to take the plunge and tap our maple trees.  Michael and I have talked about doing it since we moved here but have never actually tried it.  It was the perfect weekend to try it.  As you can tell by the photos we all enjoyed working outside. Margaret would only hand the hammer over to daddy when he needed it to tap the tap spikes into the tree. Otherwise it was all hers.  The two neighbor girls came over to help also.  All four of the girls loved having a job to do.  After we finished tapping the trees a spontanious snowball fight broke out.  The snow was melting so it was nice and wet.  Perfect for snowball making. 

So far we have been getting about 5 gallons of sap per day from our five taps.  Which converts to 1 pint per day of syrup.  The syrup tastes so good!  The girls love it.  Margaret was litterly trying to lick the table clean after she spilled some at lunch.  Both of the girls keep asking me to only make food that we can have syrup with.  It's so cute.