Arbor Day

Paige and I celebrated Arbor Day last week by going to an arboretum. We met a friend and her kids for a picnic lunch and a few hours of play at the Children's Garden. The Children's Garden is an outdoor place filled with treehouses, wading pools, flower beds, and tree mazes. Basically, the kids get to enjoy the outdoors in specially designed hands-on exhibits.Of course, little did we know what a popular holiday Arbor Day is. Admission to the arboretum was free that day and to say that the place was packed is a huge understatement. The line up to get into the Arboretum was long and causing a big traffic back-up, fortunately a lot of the visitors were there for a plant sale so the Children's Garden was busy but not unbearable.

It was warm and sunny and luckily there were lots of water features to cool the kids off. In these pictures, Paige and her friend Zach are taking turns pumping and drinking from the spigot. The second picture shows what happens when you try to drink at the same time! Uh-oh! That was a close one!