Loma Vista Fall Festival

In our efforts as a family to do less rather than more, we chose to do only one fall festival and one pumpkin patch this  year. In the past, I have taken the kids to several events and patches but this year we want more home time. Choosing wisely, we picked the Loma Vista's Fall Festival, which was last held last weekend. The day was warm, crowds manageable and the farm big enough yet small enough to not get lost and it's familiar for the girls.

During this years festival there was the usual pumpkin patch, face painting and feeding and petting the animals. But there were some new and exciting things as well. There was a puppet show, a booth on learning how to conserve water (my big environmental pet peeve.) Amara won a water-saving shower head at that booth. There was another table with live bats that served to educate the kids on how crucial a role bats play in their environment as well as helping remove the fear of bats. And in the greenhouse the girls got to transplant a leaf into a small pot that we brought home. They can now take care of their new plants and learn the importance of tending to a living thing.

We ended our visit with the annual 'train' ride around the neighborhood. It was a perfect way to end our day!