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Five years ago, only days after moving back east, we ventured to Maplefest 2010 (look at 10 month old Sunny with all the brunette hair in that insane snowsuit!). It’s wild to think we’ve been back in New England for half a decade. Despite my reservations at the time, I adore the life we’ve built for our children’s childhoods, even though there are days when the weather leaves me yearning for the beaches of Southern California.

March is my least favorite month of the year, inspiring more yearning for CA than any other. Maple sugaring is the one activity that redeems this month every year. While Kimmy was in town, we ventured to Maplefest 2015. Sure, it was muddy and raining and cold and raw and disgusting, but the sugary syrup, the cozy sugar shacks, and the yummy pancakes, balanced the March gloom.

Bring on mud season! Here comes spring!