Winter Family Fun Day

We got up on Saturday morning and noticed it was going to be a very nice day. It was already in the high teens with temps expected to reach the mid-20's AND THE SUN WAS SHINING! I was looking at the newspaper and saw that there was a Winter Family Fun Day (WFFD) in Oakbrook which is about 30 minutes away. We decided to head out for some lunch then go to the WFFD. And it lived up to its name. The first thing we hit was the nature center. Dallas and Griffin were making animal tracks in the moon sand and looking at various animal furs under the microscope. They also had several small creatures (turtles, mouse, spiders) to look at and some furs and bones to touch.

We headed outside to go on a scavenger hunt. There were 16 items in all to find. We were able to find them all except a cocoon and a squirrel. The funny thing they had on there was scat. Griffin thought that was funny. We were almost done and under a bush were some berries/pods of somesort. Dallas convinced G that it was bunny poop so we were able to check that off the list.

Then we came to the sled dogs. We learned all about them and even saw them take off and run around the pond a few times. They were beautiful and so excited to run.

Then we ventured over for some snow-bowling. Then over to a small hill for sledding.

Then we got to try out snowshoes. Griffin loved this and was very good at it. I have a pair of snowshoes that my sister (who now lives in Austin, TX) gave to me since she figured I'd have a much better chance of using them then her. I haven't used them yet but maybe I could get G a pair and we could venture out sometime.

We rounded the pond and found a nice playground and spent a lot of time there. Back at the nature center we enjoyed a campfire, s'mores and hot chocolate.

We spent about 2 hours there then rushed off to catch the second half of the Texas Aggies play basketball. We should have stayed at the park longer.

Cathi