Thanksgiving Point has Family Night activities every Monday night. This week the Gardens did a Pirate night, and given Ryan's current obsession, we thought it was a great idea to go. They're allowing picnics for their FHE activities, so I packed a dinner of curried chicken salad sandwiches, Sun Chips, watermelon, cantaloupe, and lemonade. It was so refreshing, and we ate in the shade in a little bend of the stream.Immediately after, Ryan wanted to get started. You can see the pirate boats they constructed. You could throw soaked sponges at the other ship or try to attack other pirates with water pistols. With the amazing heat, it felt really good, and it was Ryan's favorite part by far. By the look on my face, I apparently got into it a little too much!
They had storytelling, mapmaking (complete with a little gold coin), and a range of birds. We got to pet one, and then we just admired the blue macaw, the peregrine falcon, and the golden eagle below.
Afterward, they gave us popsicles! Arrh, what a fun evening!
3 comments:
Wow, that is awesome. What fun, especially with the pirate theme for Ryan. Your picnic sounded yummy, can we come! :)
Marie, I swear! Where do you hear about these things?
It was a lot of fun! We have really enjoyed visiting Thanksgiving Point. It's convenient after I get off of work.
It was a lot of fun last night, but it was really hot! And we would have done well to bring suntan lotion and bug spray.
Thanks for doing dinner Marie!
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