Happy Halloween!

This year, Mark was a pirate, I was a queen, and the girls were cowgirls.

We attended the Halloween parade on Thursday.

On Saturday, we went to a Howl-O-Ween party at Boonshoft.

Here, Georgia is posing in front of a scary looking polar bear.

We got to see all kinds of creepy animals. Below, the girls are checking out a hissing cockroach. Neither of them wanted to touch it. I don't blame them!

We also learned about bats. We were able to meet a bat named "Echo" who was injured and brought to Boonshoft to recover. We saw him eat a meal worm. It sounded crunchy.



The animals in the Wild Ohio Zoo were particularly active that evening. Mark is checking out one of the snakes that is slithering his way.

The girls also played games, won prizes, and got tattooed.

(bats on the hand)

We also got to briefly check out their new exhibit, "Eyes on Earth". The exhibit is about satellites. Georgia worked on a puzzle of satellites.

And of course, Olivia found a computer.

We didn't have a lot of time to really check out the new exhibit, but we will be going back to Boonshoft this weekend for their Chemfest. (special event to learn about chemical energy)

From their web site:

http://www.boonshoftmuseum.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=117

Celebrate the science behind chemistry at the Museum. Taste liquid nitrogen ice cream, watch as a “genie” emerges from a bottle, choose from a dozen hands-on experiments or do them all! Children can complete a passport for a chance to win prizes.

Today, we had fun reading about Halloween traditions, scary stories, and fun facts about the holiday. We also read a story about Stingy Jack, and learned the history of the jack-o-lantern.

http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=716&display_order=3&mini_id=1076

Hope you all had a spectacularly spooky Halloween!