We made a trip to the botanical garden here in Richmond today. I have been wanting to go visit for awhile because I have heard such good things. The gardens did not disappoint. This is the perfect time of year to go too--everything is in bloom and it is just beautiful.
The featured exhibit was "Butterflies Live. " We went to visit the butterflies in the butterfly house, which was so humid!! It was neat to see (not nearly as neat as the butterfly exhibit in Houston, but...). Kale was scared of the butterflies, but Liam was so excited. He kept screeching at them and trying to "jump" and catch them.
We went with my good friends, Emilie and Rachel, and their kiddos. The Garden has a really neat Children's Garden. The Children's Garden is quite large and has so many different activities for the kids. We spent a lot of time at the splash pad as today was H.O.T!!!
There is giant old mulberry tree in the Children's Garden. The kids are allowed to climb the tree. Let me tell you, Kale is a monkey and he makes this momma nervous! He is great climber and scurried right up the tree like he was a squirrel. He would have gone higher, except I started freaking out and made him come down. (You can see the people on the ground underneath, if you want to get an idea of how high he is.)
I brought our wagon and ALL the kids wanted in the wagon. With all 4 of them in, they actually weighed more than I did. It was tough pulling them at times, but they enjoyed it.
It was a wonderful day, made even more wonderful by the fact that the boys are taking nice long naps now!
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