We love Picnic Day up at UC Davis. We're amazed that every year when we're preparing to go and thinking about what was so fun from last year and we need to do it again, we always find something totally different and have a blast. So last year we loved the SPCA dog shows and animal things. This year the highlight was the entomology department. Sooo fun. Davis, of course was packed! So we squeezed into the department to look at, touch and hold lots of fun (BIG) bugs! The walking stick bug was pretty funny...the members let the kids hold them and the kids would say "WOW! look at this praying Mantis!" and the members would say "IT'S NOT A PRAYING MANTIS! IT'S A WALKING STICK!" I commented "You've had to say this more than once?" We were there a while and I think they must have said that same phrase a good 30 times at least :)
Both Rebekah and Isaiah held the walking stick but when it was Isaiah's turn the bug kept "walking" up his arm and ended up front and center on his face. He started to freak out and the member of the entomology dept started to get scared that the beloved bug was about to be squished...so we tried keeping him calm long enough for the bug to be returned to safe keeping. The bug was literally the length of his face. I so wish I would have got a photo!
The toxicology dept handed out cotton candy...the kids loved that. It was Isabel's first taste. She was so tired by the end of the day that she just held it and started at it. Goodbye Davis...until next year :)
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