Youth Appreciation Day

A few years ago, our community started doing an annual "Youth Appreciation Day". Among the list of activities was Free Fishing. The boys didn't have any luck at catching anything other than moss, but Kamden did make a new friend whom we now affectionatley refer to as "Wallace".

Owen had a great time crusing around in the wagon & taking in all the sights...

And I may be biased, but is this not one of the CUTEST faces you've ever seen?

The boys each got to plant a tree in a little container to take home & plant the tree in the ground. Wallace made himself comfy in Kamden's tree container.

The city & county fire departments were there & the boys thought it was pretty cool how high the firemen climbed to spray the water. Ethan & Kamden each got a few turns to honk the lound horns inside the fire engines. Owen was not impressed with the noise.

Ethan & Kamden LOVED the bouncy houses and slides.

There was also a display that included things like a crocodile skin, a lionness, and even the skin from an elephant's trunk-which didn't feel the way I had imagined.

If you can't tell by the look on the boys' faces, unfortunatley our gold panning efforts didn't pan out...

There was also face painting and the boys got their picture taken & made me a Mother's Day frame. We watched the local cloggers (good job Haylee!), had a picnic, and watched planes fly overhead. Ethan's asking if it's going to be there this weekend.