Our Trip to the Audubon By: Stella

Hello Again All!
I wanted to tell you about our trip to the Audubon.
We had a lot of fun at their fall festival. We didn't know what to expect, as we had never gone before. We drove to the festival and were directed to the parking lot. We bundled up warmly in thick, winter coats and walked up to the door. Outside we received a spider ring from the volunteers, all garbed in Halloween costume. Tert was a little hesitant at first, but soon joined in with all the fun. We registered, and received glow stick necklaces. Everyone at the festival was merry and full of fun. We went inside a large room, where displays were set up everywhere. Against the right wall when we walked in, were raffle ticket prizes and guessing bins of nuts and little plastic pumpkins. Above them was a board with the winners. A little prize bag was given to the winners. Against the right wall were games. There were two big bins full of prizes. On the left wall were crafts, face painting and nail polishing. At the front of the room, pushed against the wall where the door opened, were three long tables with spotless white tablecloths, ready to be spread with goodies after our tour. We were the four o clock tour. In the middle of the room was a long display with animals that you could hold, including turtles and snakes. These the boys eagerly went over to. I went with Rus to get my face painted. I got my face painted as a pumpkin, and he got his face painted as a pumpkin too. :)

Face Painting:

Rus and Stella-Pumpkins!
Leo-A spider
We're here!!
Posing with the BirdsHappy Fall!
Then I went over to get my nails done. She painted my thumb as a little pumpkin! It was so cute! She painted the whole nail orange, then dried it with a little hand fan. Then she put two little dots of black and a smile. She finished it off with a green line at the top for the stem. I went out and bought the nail polish afterwards and am excited to do my nails for Thanksgiving. :P
I went next to Mom and we watched the boys. We were soon called by our leaders for our tour. We went into a room and we sat down in chairs that had been provided for the many people in the four o clock tour. After we had sat down a lady dressed as a cat showed us the path that different birds migrate on, hibernation, etc. She also gave us some really neat facts about animals, like this one, which shocked everybody:
An animal's heart (that is hibernating) beats only 4-5 times per minute. She had a clock and showed us how long it was in between each beat! It seemed like ages!
Who? An owl of course.WOW!!! Tert

After learning some more facts, we left to go onto the next part of our tour. We went to a building where we heard three very clever stories from two ladies. The first story was about a little boy who was so dirty that a family, who thought it was their 'Bill' washed him till he was clean enough to recognize and then found out that it wasn't their kid. It was very well-done. Then we heard a story about a little bird who broke its wing and was helped by a large tree. The last story was about a family, who when the power went out, weren't prepared. They lit birthday candles, went into bed, and finally tried to blow out the candle. They didn't know how and made so much noise that they attracted a neighbor's attention. Everyone went from their bedrooms, downstairs and the neighbor blew out the candle. But then, they weren't in their beds, so they lit another candle and they went on like that all night. :D
After that came music. The boy's favorite was the "One Eyed One Horned Flying Purple People Eater."The Band
We then went and roasted marshmallows outside. We had lots of fun and after roasting marshmallows to our hearts content we went inside again.
By this time the three tables were full of food! I had a brownie that was cut into the shape of a piece of pie with lots of chocolate frosting over it and sprinkles and a candy corn at the tip. I had trouble deciding, but after getting my brownie I went to the third table to get some cider. There was a big pitcher of hot cider and another container full of cold cider. I got a cup full of cold cider and sipped it slowly. When I had finished with my brownie I went to try my hand at the guessing games. The guessing games were hard, and Leo came over too. Neither of us won, but we had fun! :)
After we had finished our guessing Leo and I went to the craft table. I made first a little pumpkin centerpiece. It was just a paper bag, with newspaper stuffed firmly into it, and a little pipe cleaner at the top, which I curled to make the stem. Then I took little triangles and glued them on the "pumpkin" to make its face. On the bottom was a little circle of paper, which I glued paper leaves on.
Next I made a little bookmark. It was laminated and I put little paper leaves on it and my name and the date.
Finally I made a little hat which was just a strip of green construction paper and a paper bat, pumpkin and ghost taped on it. It was very cute.

Craft Time!!!
Silly Tert!!!!
Rus
Our little Filia <3

After this we reluctantly headed out to the car, having had lots of fun, our arms loaded, and our minds full of new facts, and memories of this amazing day at the Audubon Fall Festival.