Fall Festival

Yesterday the rain stopped long enough for us to venture off to Quarry Hill for their fall festival. I'm always amazed by events like that! There are so many cheap or free things to do with kids.

It was a pretty big event, so Sam and I had to park down by the main road and walk the winding road up to the nature center. He was a trooper and I didn't have to carry him at all. Once up there, he was rewarded for his efforts. I bought enough tickets for Sam to do each and every activity, and I still spent less than it would cost for us to go to a movie.

Sam stamped insects onto a paper bag and designed his own button. He colored a catfish and taped it to a popsicle stick. He used chalk to color a leaf, decorated a butterfly ornament, made a nature necklace, and did surprisingly well tossing rings onto a pair of antlers. We decorated (and immediately ate) fall cookies and Sam painted an impression of a muskrat footprint. We did all of this, not to mention the pumpkin decorating, fish and reptile displays, or eating hot dogs while watching families canoe around a big pond.

Sam came home with a bag of goodies, filthy and tired. He hasn't stopped talking about our day yet. What a wonderful way to welcome autumn!