At a nearby park they had a Frogfest! We drove down in between General Conference sessions and they got a lot of wiggles out! Michael really loved this frog and tried putting his hand in the "mouth," I hope he didn't poke the guy's eye!
They had week-old ducks to look at and Nicole really liked watching them drink water. Michael, on the other hand, wanted a more tactile experience so he had to go somewhere else.
The kids made seed necklaces (a moist cotton ball with seeds on it and then put in a plastic bag that has a yarn necklace through it). Quite a hit, although we found Jacob chewing his on the way home, yuck!
Albino black rat snake. The guy said it took a long time to tame this snake. And then Michael puts his hand right in front of the mouth hoping to get a lick like a dog would give. He got a nice slithery tongue, and I was glad the snake didn't go for a bite. We tried watching him more closely after that. They had some poisionous snakes too in fairly flimsy aquariums, and the lids were held down with duct tape and a handwritten "venemous" sign, so I was sure Michael needed to be kept far from those!
They had a frog dig at one of the booths and the kids spent a LONG time digging for plastic frogs until we saw a yellow jacket that was obsessed with the dirt pile too. Michael wanted to cover it with dirt despite our warnings, so we moved on :-)
The frog throw! We had to stay fairly point blank range, except for Nicole, but it was still a big hit.
The end of the obstacle course had a frog hop! It took a few tries, but both Nicole and Michael enjoyed that part.
Starting the obstacle course!
Petting a turtle, although the kids really wanted to hold the turtle instead!
Corn snake! The kids weren't afraid at all and the handler was really nice to show them how to handle the snake.
Nicole was eager to touch the snake!
Tadpoles, frogs and toads were at this exhibit. They also had different materials the kids could use to make various frog sounds.
Displaying their fine rabbit ears from Grandma! They've kept these headbands with them for days!
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