Blue Bell, Blue Eyes, and Bluebonnets

This week I took Connor and Kaitlynn on a drive up to Brenham to visit the Blue Bell Creamery, where they make our favorite Blue Bell ice cream (or as Connor sometimes calls it, "Cool Bell").



The weather was nice so it was a good day for a drive and a little walk outside the facility. Here's one of the old refrigerated Blue Bell trucks.



And here's a little statue of the little girl leading the cow like on the Blue Bell logo.



After a brief video and tour of the facility, each visitor gets a scoop of their favorite ice cream. Yum!



Even Kaitlynn enjoyed the ice cream. She would put her paci in her mouth, but as soon as she saw me approaching her with the spoon she would spit that paci out for another taste.



While we were going through the tour, one of the sweet visitors (probably a Grandpa) was flirting with Kaitlynn and she was flirting right back! He said, "Oh look, she's a little Blue Belle herself!" I figured he was referring to her blue outfit, but he was actually complimenting her big blue eyes. So sweet!

One of the neat things we learned during the tour is that the workers in the Blue Bell facility are allowed to eat ALL the ice cream treats they want -- NO LIMIT! -- during their breaks at work. How awesome is that? So their motto really is true...they eat all they can and they sell the rest. Ha!



I was surprised and delighted during the drive to see so many of the beautiful bluebonnets in full bloom. Because of the longer winter and late freeze, the bluebonnets bloomed later this year and they seem to be much more abundant. So I couldn't resist stopping for a few pics when I found this little patch in a big field.

Here's my little blue belle among the bluebonnets. :-)

Yay for bluebonnets! (And for a break from the carseat, ha!)



I asked Connor to hold his sister for a quick picture and he took his job very seriously. I think he had a death grip on her!



So sweet!