Clearly there was not enough chaos with Annika's slumber party, because I scheduled a Brownie Journey workshop at the Sunset Zoo right after her party. As in, her party ended at 10 a.m. on Saturday and the workshop started at 10:30 a.m. And we were supposed to be early. Four of the five Brownies could make it, and Annika's friend Rachael was an honorary Brownie for the day.
The workshop was really neat - it was all organized by the zoo and was designed for the girls to earn their "Love Water" award. They started by learning about birds and oil spills, complete with trying different techniques to get oil out of birds' feathers.
The girls then enjoyed a fun tour around the zoo, with special attention to how different animals used water.
Next project - the girls worked on making clay habitats and clay animals. The zoo staff then sprayed the clay habitats with water to see what happened (nothing, only that it got wet). The then sprayed with oil to see what happened (BAD!!! DESTROYED!!!). Moral of the story - oil is bad!
The girls then synthesized all that they had learned. And petted a ferret.
When we got back to the house, Will had to rush off to work at K-State's Open House. The kids and I decided to come tour too and had a wonderful time!
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