More July Fun

Saturday, July 17 was the last day of Draper Days (the big day) so my day started off with the 5K race at Draper Park. My time wasn't the greatest, but it was still fun and a good way to start the day. Then Hayden and I went to the Treehouse so I could teach a class (which means that we had to miss the Draper Parade), eventually made it back home, and got ready. That afternoon we went with Dan, his sister, and his nephew to a fundraising event that one of his co-worker's was hosting in Fruit Heights. There were lots of fun activities for the kids to do including this fun fishing game.

These funky glasses are what came off Hayden's fishing line. I should mention that when we first got there, the people from Scales and Tails were there showing off a bunch of cool animals. Sadly, I didn't get any pictures of it or even a picture of Hayden petting the huge python--just know that Hayden's pretty brave when it comes to snakes.

More bounce houses! I don't think that Hayden (or any other kid for that matter) can get enough of these.

After having dinner, the kids went and played at the park. More of Dan's family came too so there were more kids for Hayden to play with.

Hayden requested a flying duck balloon animal from the clown.

This is it! However, you can't really see the eyes--oh, well. The poor duck didn't even last through the rest of the day. That night the boys (Hayden and Trevor) decided it was fun to squeeze different parts of the animal to see if they could pop the balloons. What a sad way for a duck to go.

Hayden also had a dinosaur painted on his face. After the fundraiser, we drove to Draper for the firework show. The fireworks ended up starting late (10:30) so the kids were pretty tired when it was time to go. However, I must mention that it was a great show.

THE ZOO

Since we go to the zoo pretty often, I don't always take a bunch of pictures. However, when we went this last week we discovered something new. Near the big cat area (tigers and leopards) there was a room that was hosting a storytime. We happened to be there at the right time so we thought it would be fun to try it out. Above is a picture of the kids listening to a story.

After the story, the kids played a dice game (of course, I don't remember what it was called). It was fun and nice to do something a little different at the zoo.