Morton Arboretum

Karen has been telling me for a while that we have to go to the Morton Arboretum. As my due date nears, we thought today would be a perfect day for it. This place is really neat. We both agreed we'll have to come back - but in September.... when all the kids are back at school (sorry to say it, but it's true). There were a lot of "older" kids there -- maybe 4, 5, 6ish.

And when you're only 18 months trying to play too,

you generally get lost in the shuffle - like so.

But we found some great areas she absolutely loved.

She enjoyed smelling the flowers.

Or anything that was near a flower.

Every time she'd take a whiff, she say "mmm".

We found a dog house just like in the book we read where

they build a doghouse for Henry. I think she was looking for Henry.

We climbed in a tree house and played with rain sticks.

From the top of the tree house, she was able to spot Karen!

One of the highlights from the day was coming across a water pump. We all know this girl loves splashing and playing in the water.

Getting her hands and feet wet ultimately led to...

putting her head in!!

After playing with the water pump, she had to check on Claire.

(You can see her piggies are all wet from the many times she dunked her head)

She's going to be a great big sister.

Then we found the jackpot. A shallow pond you could get in.

I'm sure if this were the only thing we saw all day

she still would have been happy.

After getting out, we had to head home for lunch. Looking forward to the next time we visit the Arboretum.