Right when we pulled up the boys spotted the Squirrel Hill Fire Department's fire truck. They were excited to get in the truck and Koen even got to try on a real fireman's hat.
Next stop was a Pirate display. We missed the magic show performance, but Koen was still excited to run through the Pirate stuff.
Tavin of course just likes to do everything Big Brother does.We got to hear "Dr. Nan" read her story, "The Girl with Green Bean Hair." It was a cute story about a little girl who wakes up one day and finds that her hair is green beans! She ends up using this odd blessing to feed the poor. The author was so sweet. She's 86. She actually had the story as a dream one night when she was 83. She was published when she was 85 and had never written children's books before. You really can keep learning and doing new things!
Since we only had an hour we had to kind of graze through the booths and stations of stories and activities. It is such a wonderful event. We were so impressed with all the work put into it. There are so many displays with creative props made specially for the day. Here Tavin and Koen discovered a bunch of paper mache hats. Tavin immediately tossed his Gap hat and searched for what he should put on instead...
We also stumbled on a petting zoo...
The last story we stayed for was "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." This is one of Tavin's favorite books. He enjoyed seeing it read live out of a big book (ours is the small board book version) and again they had all these huge handmade props that were engaging and colorful. Koen enjoyed the Caterpillar slide at this spot.
Thanks, Citiparks. This was an awesome event! Next year, we will block out the day!
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