May 9th 2009 -Phoenix Zoo
The girls had an amazing opportunity! Interested in earning a special elephant try-it from the Saharo Council because while they were on the Zoo overnight they heard a couple funny stories about the elephants being mischievous so I contacted the zoo who was only to happy to have the girls do a special service project for the elephants. The girls paper mached punching ball balloons then painted them with non-toxic paint and popped the balloons. The big balls were for the elephants to play with. Since the girls were already going to the zoo for the Girls for a Green Planet this was a perfect time to earn that Elephant badge!
First the girls met with Elephant specialists in the back enclosure. They got to learn all about the Elephants and ask any questions they had.
The specialist wasn't sure how the elephants would react to such a big ball (usually people use regular balloon size but we used the bigger punch balls).
The elephant far away spots ball and comes closer
As soon as the elephant spotted the ball it meandered closer. It moved pretty fast too!
The specialist filled the balloon with elephant treats and rolled it so it was close to the fence.
The elephant came over and sweep her trunk under the fence to roll the ball to her side of the enclosure and put her foot on the ball.
She just held it there for a second before crushing the ball and picking it up with her trunk and eating the whole thing! The girls thought that was AMAZING.
After the girls went playing in the splash pad and got soaked!
After they had cooled down we headed up to the Girls for a Green Planet where the girls went from booth to booth collecting treats, prizes and doing some craft projects. They got to decorate bags, see how decomposing works. They won prizes and had alot of fun.
Next was lunch time:
After lunch it was time to explore the zoo. It was so hot we decided to take the train around to see all the animals.
It was a great day!
May 16th Special 500 party-Sunsplash
Two of the girls got to go to Sunsplash as a reward for selling more then 500 boxes of cookies. They each got to bring one person and they both got in free. They also had all you can eat lunch and drinks were available all day. It was so cute because it was their first experience with slides and wave pool.
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