Earth Day!

 We met some friends downtown for the Earth Day Festival on Sunday.  It's a pretty big event for Santa Barbara every year.  We started in the live animal section.  Emily and Owen got to pet Chance, the bull, and Lucky the goat (I think that was his name anyway...I forget).  Then The kids all crowded around a large box full of baby chicks who were three days old.  Oh, they were SO cute....until Emily quickly grabbed one out of Adam's hand and threw it back into the box!  I was mortified!  Poor baby chick : (  I am sure she wasn't the first to do it, but we got a pretty nasty look from the woman who was in charge of the birds.  I am sorry lady if you are reading this.

 I whisked them away to the next station before we got kicked out of our first 5 minutes of Earth Day!

 Owen was pretty obsessed with this surfboard contraption that tested your balance.  It was HARD!

 After that, Owen got sucked into to a Karate School demonstration.  The owner was awesome!  He had a pretty thick NY accent and was great at teaching and encouraging kids to listen.  I was pretty impressed at how well Owen did with his instructions and his listening skills.  I had to chuckle when the instructor told Owen to listen with his "Ears (pronounced "eas"), eyes and body."  Owen had to repeat those three things back to him, and he totally repeated it with the accent!  Too funny!  I am definitely going to sign this kid up soon!! I have always wanted him to get involved in a martial art.  It teaches them so much more than just self defense skills.

Next, we got to see a giant turkey who was gobbling around the park : )  Quite a site, such a beautiful bird!

 Of course we couldn't leave without Owen and  Emily getting a shot at driving the eco friendly bus that was parked outside : )  Owen even got to make an announcement on the microphone which was heard on and off the bus! : )

 Keep your eyes on the road Emily!

After that, we had Owen picking up trash and putting it in the right place.  It was Earth Day after all!

Once I dragged Adam away from the electric Porche he was drooling over, we zoomed through the rest of the fair and headed home for naps!