Well, I've covered
most of the books we've read lately, and I don't have many links to share, so here are some pictures of our trip to
Botanica! We attended Week 2 of the
Tulips, Fairies & Forts event (formerly
Tulips, Fairies & Friends) at our
botanical gardens last weekend. It was an opportunity to play dress-up, smell the flowers, build a fort or two...
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Our arrival at Botanica. A volunteer was stationed there to take pictures. |
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Fairy house contest entries. I love the peacock feather house! Next year, we may try our hand at this ourselves. |
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Botanica is the proud recipient of the old Allan Herschell Company-designed carousel from Wichita's defunct Joyland Amusement Park. As it's being restored, some of the freshly painted horses have been put on display in the main lobby. |
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The Bug Lady was on hand with lots of specimens. I liked the huge tarantulas. Big Sis pet a Mexican hissing cockroach. |
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I want a weeping crabapple. |
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There was a fairy garden scavenger hunt. We found most of the little fairies, hidden near trees. |
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The "fort" aspect of the event was especially cool. |
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Little Sis built her own fort out of wooden blocks. Big Sis played a game of Jenga. |
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In the Downing Children's Garden, the girls painted gnome doors made from popsicle sticks, and made fairy bells from sticks, yarn, beads, and jingle bells. We played there for a while, before resuming our scavenger hunt, and visiting the little Railroad Garden. |
Tomorrow, Big Sis will go to her dance class and a birthday party. I'm taking Little Sis to Hutchinson, KS, to see
The Last Unicorn. I still remember seeing it in a mall theater with my parents, when I was in kindergarten. Little Sis is actually older than I was when it came out! It's a stop on The
Last Unicorn Tour. Peter S. Beagle will be signing posters and copies of the original book, and there will be merchandise, a Q&A, stuff like that. My nerdy little kid-like self is very excited.
I hope you have a pleasant weekend, and I hope to have more books and stuff to share next week!
Merry Weekend! Happy Reading!
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Beautiful pictures! What a cool outing! Perfect for spring and fairy girls. I want to see the Last Unicorn too. I've never seen that one. Merry Weekend!
ReplyDeleteThey're having a fairy tea party next week, but I'm not going to have the extra money for it. I'll bet it's beautiful, though! I loved seeing The Last Unicorn on the big screen again. It's one of my all-time favorites. :)
DeleteTHAT LOOKS SO FUN!!!!!!!!!!! I wanna go!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's so pretty! Wish I could afford the tea party next Saturday, but we'll be getting close to recital time, and I have a DVD and t-shirts to buy. :o/
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