I’ve been too tired to post about our recent trips to the Gardens. We met up with Jessica, Walker, and Olivia a couple of weeks ago and this morning we went on a family outing for Matt to see the new Canopy Walk for the first time.
If the weather this morning was any indication of things to come this summer, I’m either going to have to find a pool nearby that opens before noon or I’m going to need to find an inexpensive indoor play place of some sort, because we only made it for an hour and a half before it was completely intolerable. I think I need to begin lobbying for an adult version of the flower water feature in the Children’s Garden. Either that or they’re going to have to physically remove me from one of the spigots, where I will be parked until it’s time to go home.
Here are some pictures from both outings.
Liam enjoys the glass flowers in the new edible garden:
Excitement over “my rock that I found on the ground:”
He was very excited because prior to this he spent a considerable period of time getting really frustrated that the pebbles in the other walkways were combined with the cement, so when he found an entire portion of ground that was covered with loose rocks, it was like Christmas morning:
Chillin’ with Mr. Frog:
Canopy Walk:
He really loved the benches:
“Hey, Walker. What’s taking you so long?”
Taking turns as leader:
“Hey Liam, you comin’?”
Liam shows Daddy the Canopy Walk:
Inside the tunnel (from which it is very very difficult to remove him, because he learned the last time we visited that his screams are echoed, which means all he wants to do is stand inside and scream…):
Like father, like son:
Liam and Matt demonstrate the impossibility of sliding down this slide when the air has been replaced by soup:
Into the mist…
Matt demonstrates for Liam how to stand in front of the height chart:
Liam was completely uncooperative and Matt had to resort to mild manhandling:
Matt strikes a pose with Bessie, but not even manhandling convinced Liam to go for it, this time:
Checking out the hive in Bee Cove:
This bee is much more my speed:
Bullfrog:
Checking out the giant tadpoles:
Of all the wonderful things in the new edible garden, Liam’s favorite is the glass fruit:
Completely indicative of Liam’s current developmental stage, this is what happened when I asked him to run to his Daddy:
Real apple tree, glass apples:
My kind of manhole cover:
Liam decides to play tether ball with the string on the table umbrella:
The release:
The catch attempt:
This face says: “For the love of all that is holy and good in this world, how can it possibly be this hot?” (and was captured (with great gusto) by Matt who has an incredible ability to take pictures of me at the worst possible moment):
Like son, like father:
The End.