Ordway's Flint Hills International Children's Festival

I'm a huge fan of this children's festival in St Paul. It was so well put together. It was at Rice Park and the Ordway Performing Arts Center. The whole park was filled with all sorts of activities for kids...crafts, science experiments, butterfly tent and lots of local performers. There are also professional performers inside the Ordway, but I think Penny is probably too little to sit through a one hour show. Plus, as someone who spent many childhood weekends tap dancing and singing at park bandshells and parades, I love cheering on the local theater and dance groups.

The Irish girls were amazing! It was like Riverdance.
These little dancers doing traditional India dances were adorable. They had bells on their wrists and ankles. Penelope loved it.

These guys were playing very intricate songs with spoons. The sheet music looked really complicated. Who knew you could do so much with spoons?
This is the north side of Rice Park. Beautiful, huh?

Penny, me, and F. Scott Fitzgerald (he was from St. Paul)
Penelope looking at a butterfly in the butterfly tent. There were so many types of butterflies I had never seen. They were huge and all different colors.
I don't think we'll be going to Disney anytime soon. Penelope was terrified by the huge dog.
We only did one craft. Next year I'm sure we'll spend a whole day doing all the crafts.

Next we headed to the Friendship Forest. Perfect for pictures. Too bad it was gray and drizzly by this time.

Charles Schultz also lived in St Paul. There are Peanuts characters everywhere.

Striking a pose. Tyra said "Penelope, you are being so fierce!"