Fun things to do in the Neighborhood

Just recently we had some friends' children come and stay with us for a few days. This was a great opportunity to do some fun things. We went to the local dinosaur park in Kaiserslautern. They were starting to put out their fall decorations, and it was really impressive. They made a Noah's Ark with animals two by two made with all different types of squash. This park has really incredible play areas for children. I didn't say they were safe--just fun!! You will notice that Cooper didn't have any hesitation going up in a fun tree house or down a two story slide. We also went to the local zoo. It had a fun bird show and reptile house. The favorite thing was the petting area. They had these small goats that you could go in and feed. There wasn't anyone there to help or instruct, only a food machine with a 20 cent Euro sign. Of course, I didn't have a 20 cent Euro piece. I had a 10 cent, 50 cent, 1 Euro, and 2 Euro, but no 20 cent. Well, don't let that stop us.... we fed the animals foliage from beside the enclosure. We had a moment of goat wrangling when a few of the goats escaped. Cooper and Hadley were impressed that their mom could wrangle goats.

Penguins out of acorn squash

I'm not sure the kind of squash but I loved this elephant

Camel out of butternut squash. My initial thought was how many pounds of squash were used. We love to eat butternut squash in our home...

Noah's Ark

The children liked to roll down this hill. They had a lot of fun but I'm afraid the clothes may never be the same.

Oink Oink

Crazy Robot Treehouse. Yes, both Hadley and Cooper got up to the top by themselves. They did however require a little help getting down.

Cooper peeking out from the Robot's eye.

It took every ounce of my strength to let my little man climb up to this slide and go down all by himself. Let me tell you it was hard to get him to leave. He must of gone down it 10 times.

Sand is always a favorite with our children. Cooper just loves these digging machines. I have never seen these in the states...

So cute..

At the zoo they had a digging machine that was automated. I gave each of the children a 50 cent Euro to ride one thing. Cooper chose this which was no surprise. Oh, do you think they look like brothers?? I couldn't believe how similar they looked in this picture.

Bird show... The children were able to pet the owl.

There is the food to feed the goats. I will remember to take a 20 cent piece with me next time.

Another fun ride at the zoo

I need to do better with ordering my pictures... Oh well, here is a picture of Hadley feeding the goats.

We had such a good time at the park and zoo. We plan to go back again for the Fall Festival/Halloween in October.