I haven't taken the kids to the Arboretum in a while, and my friend Ashley invited us to go with them this week to visit the brand new children's area. I didn't expect it to be much, but WOW! It far exceeded my expectations. It's basically an entire outdoor children's museum! We spent almost 4 hours there, and didn't quite see it all, and we didn't even venture into the Arboretum itself. Perfect weather, fun day for everyone!!
We explored the edible garden first, where the kids made vegetable artwork and played at a little play ground.
Adorable girls, dressed alike on accident!
Fun in the maze garden, finding all kinds of cool things.
So many cool exhibits. Of course, most of them were over our kids' heads, but they had fun pressing buttons and pulling levers regardless, especially when it did something cool, which it almost always did!!
Should we really be trusting the girls to navigate us? Carter thinks not!
Looking into an awesome giant kaleidoscope.
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Fun shooting water
Fun exploring water energy
Wind simulator!
Climbing way up high in the tree canopy
Ella was not so sure of stepping out onto the netting.
Looking a little tired.....
Ella latched on to this hatching turtle in a little play area, and she spent about 20 minutes mothering it. Feeding it, taking care of it, just using her little imagination and pretending she was that baby's mommy.... so cute!!
Fun day! We hope to make it back there soon!!
What fun! So very interesting for the children!! Ella and Carter are looking so grownup.
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