Outdoor Fun

Eli, Maddux and I met some friends at the Botanical Gardens this morning. The attractions are filling up around town, with school ending for the year, so it took the three of us twenty minutes just to get through the line! (We usually walk right up.) Tyler, Logan and Eli had a great time running around the Children's Gardens, playing follow-the-leader and exploring all of the attractions. We tried for quite some time to get the boys to put their faces through the holes for a picture, but after no less than 20 shots of mine (and who knows how many of the other moms), only one had all three boys in the holes at the same time!

Eli got really into the slide on the playground for the first time. The 'high water' was turned on, but I didn't pack a suit for Eli, so we skipped it this time. After a good two hours of playing and running around, we found a spot to eat lunch. I let Maddux out of her backpack carrier then, so she could stretch her legs. She cracks me up these days, with her dog-like mannerisms. She often puts things (toys, clothes, etc.) in her mouth and then crawls from one spot to another, and she has started shaking her head 'no' all the time. I have yet to see her use the shake as a real 'no'; usually it is more of a way to move her body to music or whatever.