We took our little Jango Fett and Batman to the Enchanted Forest on Saturday night. The event is hosted by our local Audubon Society, and features trails lit by luminaries in the woods. Along the trail, volunteers are dressed as native animals and talk to the children. It is a really educational event (did you know that the Pennsylvania woodland cockroach will not enter houses?) and the kids absolutely love it.
Matt and Nolan really liked the Monarch Butterfly - the first animal we encountered on the trail. I didn't get very many pictures, since the sky darkened considerably once we were into the woods.
After seeing the various animals (this year featured the butterfly, cockroach, tree frog, garter snake, spider, and a bat), we headed inside for some popcorn, cider, and crafts. Nolan had a great time making a spider that could actually climb up a web! Matt decided to make a butterfly.
The Enchanted Forest is always the beginning of our amazingly wonderful fall season here: festivals, pumpkin patches, leaf piles and trick-or-treating events fill up the majority of October. I love every second of it, and so do the kids!
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