JAKES day

Yesterday we spent a couple hours at Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center for their annual JAKES Day with some friends and their daughter. I heard about the event from a parent at Micah's preschool and thought it sounded like a fun thing to do close to home. JAKES stands for Juniors Acquiring Knowledge Ethics and Sportsmanship and the day allowed children to try out different outdoor sports and learn about some wildlife as well.

Our first stop was the Birds of Prey exhibition where we saw some owls and an eagle. I gotta say one of the owls was a bit creepy looking!

Next we saw some snakes, non venomous and venomous, and at the exit of the tent you could touch/hold one if you wanted. Micah did not want. In fact, he basically bolted to through the crowd as fast as possible!

Next up was some fishing. Micah and Connor both wanted to try holding the fishing pole. Micah actually really likes to fish but there were a lot of kids around and he was really wanting to shoot a bow and arrow so we didn't stick with this for long. He did want to save the bait worms for Papa who 'loves worms'!

My little Robin Hood talked about almost nothing else but shooting a bow and arrow. He was so excited to get his chance. Of course after he did it his little copy cat had to have a shot at it too!

We ate lunch and headed home shortly after this. It was a fun outing and I'm hoping I remember to go next year!