Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Crepes & Pumpkins

My dear friend Sophie always finds the best spots to visit in Missouri (and Kansas). We try to get together once a month and visit a coffeehouse or tea place or just a cute cafe that serves fresh, delicious, healthy food that also has a statement or purpose and makes an impact in the community. That's a tall order yet she seems to always find places to fit the bill! :D All our adventures are her ideas! Grateful to have her in my life! 

On today's outing we decided to visit one of our favorite places Overflow Coffee located on 1005 Middlebrook Dr Suite E, Liberty MO 64068. They serve delicious crepes and equally delicious coffee! We're always trying something new on their menu. :) This is the second visit we've taken here!


I had the Banana Nutella Crepe and Sophie had the Strawberries and Cream. 
My drink was Apple Cider coffee which was oh so creamy! 

Sophie was so kind to get me a beautiful mug from this coffeeshop! 
I'll always have a memory of this place to remind me at home!

After filling our tummies with delicious food we headed out to Carolyn's Country Cousins Pumpkin Patch.

 The entrance to this magical wonderland!

They had such a wide selection of lovely pumpkins and gourds! So unique! 

We stopped by the animal barn first and fed some animals! They were so sweet! The goats were a little rambunctious! When you moved on they would ram the fence with their horns! 

We saw all kinds of animals! Donkeys, Goats, Sheep, Baby Calf, Rabbits and Piglets! 

 People may have their reservations about pigs, but they are so adorable! And honestly they were less stinky than the donkeys and sheep. They were so tiny with little pink noses and hooves.

They had some goats outside in a pen as well. These looked a little smaller, maybe nigerian dwarf goats? These look like the type I want! I have a whole Pinterest Board on these specific goats! 

 Oh but these darlings were my FAVORITE!!! I've been wanting Chickens forever! I could stay by them all day long. They were such cool colors! Correct me if I'm wrong but out of this flock I think I see a Rhode Island Red (dark brown), White Leghorn (white), Barred Plymouth Rock (black and white), Deleware (whitish brown - far left) anddd Buff Orpington (light brown). Those are my guesses. I hope I'm right in my chicken knowledge haha! 

Look at how happy I am! I'm pretty sure these are standard size chickens. 
They're kind of like the size of my cats at home! So cute and fluffy! 

 We also saw some Peacocks! They had a magnificent male that was preening himself and his lovely ladies.

They had so much to do at this farm! They had a little bouncy area with balls and farm animals you could bounce around on. We had fun with Juliana! A size for everyone, not just kids! 

 They had a massive bench and rocking chair! Made me feel small, like I was in a giant's world! This is probably how kids feel. It was awesome!! They should make a giant park, where everything is huge! :D

 They had two llamas (a cream one and a black one)
As well as a caramel colored Alpaca!
They had funny teeth. =P

They had SO much to do! Plenty of places to sit and chat, slides, jungle gyms, corn maze, hay stacks, rock climbing, a castle, so much I can't even remember it all! They had a couple of barns that sold some homemade crafts and other nick nacks. We bought some delicious fudge and I got some roasted almonds as well! 

 We took a lovely train ride towards the end after all of our activities. It was scenic and breezy! A great way to cool off and take in all the sights of this gorgeous adventure!

Sophie looking gorgeous throughout the whole trip! I look tuckered out! Haha. 
With every outing we take together we always try to get a memorabilia from the trip! 

I don't have children...YET! But I'm always collecting baby outfits for one one-day. They had the cutest onesies I just had to get one. I got a similar matching look alike t-shirt as well as a halloween decor item! I had so much fun (as always) with Sophie and Juliana! Can't wait till next time! 

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Chez Elle Crêperie and Coffeehouse

Best Crepes in town! 
Located on 1713 Summit St, Kansas City, MO 64108. 

If you're visiting in the area I highly recommend this as a breakfast/brunch/lunch spot! Jeffrey and I were seeing our Naturopath this morning and decided to stop and have breakfast afterwards. :)

They decorated outside (and in) for Halloween/Autumn!
It was a beautiful breezy 70 degree weather day so we decided to sit outside!

I think this was their special menu for the season. 
Will definitely be back to try more of this! 

Their main crepe menu was above. So many choices! All delicious!!

I made this extra large so you can feast your eyes on #13 Patriote. 
It was filled with Strawberries, Bananas and Blueberries.
The crepes were large, soft and absolutely filling!

Jeffrey had the #23 Bonjour which was the breakfast crepe!
Bacon, Scrambled Eggs and Cheddar Cheese. 

One crepe wasn't enough for me. I don't eat much BUT when we are out at restaurants, specially sitting outside (I'm a huge germ-a-phob and lose my appetite sitting inside restaurants no matter how clean they may be) I tend to eat A LOT more than usual. More so when the food is hand made not so much processed, fresh! 

This is the Lobster Bisque paired with homemade buttery fluffy croissants and a vanilla latte. Oh so delicious! If you can't decide on anything get the Lobster Bisque. If you're dairy free, get it anyways. It's worth it. Jeff is, had 3 spoons and fell in love, as did I. SO SO GOOD! For us, it's about a 35min drive usually, 50 with traffic but this place is worth the drive for sure. I highly recommend it!