environment

This was a festival focusing on the environment and good health. The turnout was low, but it made for a low key afternoon. Aiden loved the kiddy games all using some sort of recyclable. His favorite was watching the flood plain demos, which he thought was a big game because they let him place his own house in the tank before they released the water. He now wants to create his own "flood tub" at home. I was amazed at how much of DC is over a flood plain! Aiden was also drawn to this trainer doing a demo of his boot camp in a drill sergeant voice - he did leg lifts and kept at it for a long time! KC mastered throwing the ball into the recycled cans, stared down the orange eyed owl, and ran away from the big fire truck and huge tall bottle cap towers. I think both the boys got a kick out of running on the big football field although we kept getting turf dirt in our shoes ;). We learned about a middle school science project to improve the watershed and checked out animals they are trying to protect. The Wildlife federation had Aiden guessing on whether their fur was a cheetah, jaquar or leopard - turns out it was a very soft leopard! Late lunch at the Cactus Cantina with tortilla dough balls to play with topped off the day. What's better than mixing yummy brunch food with Mexican food?!