A fun day

Now that Jenna’s getting older and the weather is getting nice, I’m excited to start doing more family activities. But, we don’t have a lot of extra money to spend and we have a hard time thinking of activities that are truly entertaining to a young toddler.  As part of my mother’s day gift, Aaron suggested that we go to the Arboretum at some point over the weekend, so we loaded up and drove the 10 miles, unloaded and explored.  They had a plant sale going on, so we checked it out first. We didn’t need any new plants and decided we’d see how our garden does this year before buying more herbs or veggies, so we headed into the park.  Last year Jenna and I went by the arboretum a couple times, but it was mainly for me, not her, so I was excited for her to see everything again.  I was also excited for Aaron to see it, too. He’s not a huge nature person, but he does like to learn the names of native plants and he loves water (he is a Pisces), so I thought he’d enjoy the grounds.  We started out by pushing Jenna in the stroller, but she’s at that age where she wants to walk or push the stroller, so we let her out and figured she’d ride again if she got tired. Boy, she can walk a lot farther than one would think! I held her hand at first, but mostly she stayed close to her Daddy.

Here are a few shots I snapped during our adventure:

Checking out a water feature (Jenna loves them as much as her dad does!)

 

I love the look on her face in this one. She’s inside of a covered tunnel, I guess she thinks that’s pretty darn cool.

 

Another one in the tunnel

 

Doesn’t this one remind you of being a kid?

This is the view I had most of the day. Doesn’t it melt your heart!!!

Sitting on a stone bridge in a meadow

Such a big, happy girl!