Arbor & Earth Day at the Park

Lakewood park in Statesville hosted an Arbor/Earth Day celebration, and Katie & I took the kids. They gave away free trees to everyone, you could even get dogwood trees or redbuds (which is what we got), or other blooming trees. Lowe's was there letting the kids plant a sunflower seed. They had birdeed for the kids to play in like a sand/water table, which I thought was a great idea for the birds there!

There was also a small petting zoo for the kids, which Kaitlyn LOVED! Kenzie just wanted to swing, she only looked at the animals for a minute.

Hey Ian, we've seen these things before - they pooped on us in Mom's studio!


Just gimme that duck!


Ian was not so fond of the duck... or the turtle.



Kaitlyn not only wanted the rabbit, but to also poke his eye out!



Katie also showed Kaitlyn a snake, a corn snake like the one Troy has. Smart girl was a little afraid of that snake!


Kenzie made a bracelet with one of the volunteers. They went through what each color represented. The yellow was for the sun, the brown for the dirt the flowers grow in, the green for all of the grass and leaves on the trees, the red was for the flowers, and blue for the skies.



I was glad Statesville put on the festival... they've kinda slacked off on these types of events since I was a kid. I used to love going to the Dogwood Festival and the downtown craft shows with my mom and Grandma. It's good to see they are still doing some fun kid-friendly events!