Yesterday...

...we met up with a group that encourages kids to spend more time outside and visited a local botanic garden. It was so much fun to see the kids enjoying themselves and it really is a pretty place to visit.

Kelly and Naomi were impressed with the size of these leaves they found.

Everyone enjoyed seeing the turtles and fish in the pond.

We saw some baby bananas...

...and lots of bugs.

Mo was especially impressed with this big green beetle.

There were some apples on the ground in fairly decent shape, so we had a snack. They were pretty good.

Rachel also found a pear which she let me try and then ended up relinquishing to the screaming toddler in the back seat during the ride home, so Naomi ended up eating the lion's share of the fruit.


I spent most of the time saying things like, "Look at the rabbits!" or "Did you see that lizard?", but Michael always seemed to be just a little too slow focusing in on the lightening fast wildlife, so he kept saying, "Where, where?" until finally this lizard held still long enough for him to get a good look.