Fall Festival

Last weekend we posted most of the pictures from Oma and Opa's visit, but we didn't get around to posting pictures from the Fall Festival at my school. Here they are.....

It's always fun running into friends!

Time for some obstacle courses!

There were no horse rides this  year
but there was this saddle.

The best part was building a scarecrow
with Oma!

These two get a traditional photo every
year. This year they weren't too into the
picture. Hahaha!

Making "Bella".

Hayden was more interested in sitting in the hay.

Our finished scarecrow.

Our traditional photo. We missed Opa being here (he was
tired and stayed home)

More friends!

Face painting is a must at the festival.

I got a pink dog face.

Woof! Woof!

Best friends!

Yesterday I had my first field trip of the school year. Mommy wasn't able to come but luckily she has some amazing friends who sent her some pictures of me....

My class.

We went gem mining.

I brought home lots of cool gems.

These next couple of weekends are booked with activities.....stay tuned for more blogs.

Chinese Lantern Festival

Oma, Mommy, Hayden and I went to the Chinese Lantern Festival at Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens on Friday night. The lanterns are only on display until the end of October and it was soooooo cool to see. We went at 5:30 when it opened so that we could see the lanterns in the day time and stayed until 9:30 when the gardens closed. Some of the animals moved and made noise, we were able to see a Shadow Puppet show (and even got to go behind the screen afterwards to see how everything worked) and watched a really neat show on Martial Arts. Everyone was invited  onto the stage afterwards to try some Martial Arts. It was fun night and we took LOTS of pictures and a few videos. Enjoy.....

Ready to go in.

These were the first lanterns you saw as soon as you walked in.

These dolphins were lined up all along the
sides of the walkway.

Some of the butterflies moved.

We love this part of the garden.
Mommy only let us run through once because
it's not summertime.

We took this one for Daddy.

The African safari was so neat!

We got to make our own lanterns.

Taking a break to eat a snack.

We watched a Shadow Puppet Play.

After the show we got to try out some of
the shadow puppets.

Oma took a picture on the other side.

We walked through the orchid house while
it was dark.

The lanterns looked even cooler once it
got dark.

These elephants were made out of plates
and teacups.

Those are all dolphins in the background.

We watched a Martial Arts so and afterwards
everyone was invited up on the stage to learn.

I was a little unsure at first but Hayden was front and center!

More lanterns...

We went home way after Hayden's bedtime!

I'm so glad that we went to see the lanterns! What a fun experience!!!