Monday, October 27, 2014

ArBOOretum 2014

My favorite fall festival is ArBOOretum at the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center. The Arboretum is one of my happy places and ArBOOretum is a very fun festival for the whole family!

Henry has decided to be a dragon for the third year in a row. This cape was one good purchase!


I think he likes the way it swings around.


Will decided to be Gandalf the Gray from The Hobbit. All the volunteers at the Arboretum knew exactly who he was!


Gene was in costume too!


First stop:  Family photo op


Second stop: hay maze


Third stop: petting zoo!

 
 



Henry actually fed the animals this year. Last year, he was afraid they would nibble him and ended up throwing all the food on the grass!


The kids love trick-or-treating on the trails, and I love that they have to do some work and learn about animals before they get a piece of candy.

This stop was "Night Bites for Nighthawks" and the boys had to catch their food. 



 

At "Toad Tongue," the boys used sticky toad tongues to catch mosquitoes!




The zipline is a favorite. This was the "Great Horned Owl Flight."




Happy trick-or-treaters!



At "Bobcat Balance," the boys walked across a rope bridge.




The boys were golden silk spiders in this spider web.


Next, we visited the face painting booth.  





 After lunch, we took a hay ride to the meadow.


We checked out the reptiles.


And took one last family photo on our way out.



As always, ArBOOretum was a blast!

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