Hunting and Fishing Days

Each year, our local park holds an event called "Hunting and Fishing Days". It is a fun weekend with lots of outdoors kids activities to do, historians, and many taxidermy animals to see! Lauren LOVED all the activities to do that we actually went both days they were open and still didn't get to do everything. Some of my favorite was the "period people" that dressed up, talked, and acted like they were from a specific period in time. Lauren enjoyed watching one gentlemen work on a hide and shave the hair off. We could have sat for hours watching and listening to him (wish I would have taken a picture).

Lauren's absolute favorite activity, candle making. She waited in line so nicely too!

Her first catch! She wanted to sit on the grass and watch mommy climb the wall but I told her "NO!"...that wasn't too much fun at her birthday!

Painting her rabbit foot cast. She slept with it for a few nights :)

Honey stick!

Making her candle. When we went up to get our supplies, I asked the young boy how long it took to make a candle. He told me 1000 dips. I laughed but I think he was actually serious. Lauren did it for about 20 minutes and there was another little girl who was pried away by her dad after 40 minutes. There was a big circle that you walked in, dipped your candle in wax, walked a bit more, then dipped it in water, walked, wax, water...you get the idea.

So happy with her almost finished product! Her wax-filled dress was also glad.

Each time we go to a fair we try and get Lauren to ride on a pony. Each time, she kicks, screams, and cries that she won't. We waited in line forever to have her ride a horse (we had to wait for a specific one with a small saddle) and worried that she would throw a fit when it was our turn...but she LOVED it! I think she got to watch so many other kids ride it and smile that she slowly warmed up to it. Maybe because it was actually a horse and not a small pony attached to a huge metal contraption helped as well. Kyle just stood by her as they walked and she held on tight. Such a young girl she is growing up to be!

So proud!