Out & About

The weather has been great lately so we have been doing a lot outside. Every Tuesday in August Thanksgiving Point has 2 dollar Tuesdays where the dinosaur museum, Gardens and petting zoo are all only 2 dollars. (which is great because they are usually an arm and a leg) They are always CRAZY busy because everyone wants to take advantage of the cheap price. We took the boys to the dino museum with their cousins Ashlynn Morgy and Ava and they had a blast. The next week we tried to go tot he barn. We thought we would get there early and beat the crowd. When we arrived the line to get in was out the barn and a good 100 yards down the street. I felt awful because the boys were psyched to go but there was no way I was fighting that crowd to pet a goat so we headed home. This week we tried the Gardens figuring since they are HUGE the mass of people would be spread out. It was fabulous! The flowers were gorgeous

and Sam even got to pet a wild bunny (that makes up for not going to the farm right?).

I tried to teach the boys how to roll down a huge hill but it didn't really work. I forgot how much that hurts. When your a kid it is so fun you don't notice but man rolling my currently chunky body down a hill was not that fun. (Kinda like when I tried the slip N slide and got lovely bruises!). The boys got to feed the hundreds of fish that were in the Monet Pond. It has a gorgeous bridge with hanging baskets every few feet.

While I went to the secret garden to feed Abby the boys took a break in the roman gardens. Sam plopped himself down and crossed his feet and popped open his cup of goldfish.

Liam seeing this went to the other side of the rotunda and copied him exactly. Sooo cute!

We met the Tillmanns and Sam Lucy Reese and Liam had fun running up and down the huge hill in front of the waterfall while we ate lunch and Abby got a little sun to help get rid of the little Jaundice she has left.

We went home for nap time and then met back with the Tillmanns at the children's garden. I forgot my camera and was so bummed because they had so much fun playing in the water feature, a gigantic Noah's arc where the animals squirt water into a splash zone. A day totally worth the tiny price!
Down At The Farm
TO make up for the petting zoo Chris and I took the boys to Wheeler farm. I always thought it was an expensive place but it is actually free! Chris came a few times as a child on school field trips and actually milked one of the cows :) The boys had a blast running after geese and feeding the ducks. What they loved the most though was climbing on and pretending to drive the tractors.


When they weren't doing that they were playing with the many safety cones.


The animals were all acting a little crazy that day. One of the beautiful Paints was running all over the field making lots of noise and charging the other horses. Then the pig apparently felt like eating out of the trough wasn't good enough and just got right in it.

Then there was the goat who would hop up on the fence whenever anyone came near it. Liam thought he was pretty cool but wouldn't get too close.

It is just always fun to see the boys running around all wild and crazy.

I can't believe the summer is almost over!