Showers in the Gardens

I woke Eli up today with a surprise: we were going to meet Tyler downtown at the Botanical Gardens. Though we've been a few times since last summer, this would be our first visit since the fountains (aka 'high water') opened this year. (Eli absolutely adored the water last year.) The whole time we were in the car driving downtown this morning, Eli repeated, "Goin go in da shower!" I'd forgotten that there was a large flower overhead that 'showered' water on the kids...obviously Eli had not!

The boys had a great time running in and out of the water. I dressed Maddie in a plastic diaper cover and a dress to allow her as much wet time as she might like also. She surprised me by sitting on the sidelines for most of our fountain time. Given her desire to throw herself in the pool recently, I thought she's get a kick out of crawling through the fountains.

Once the boys exhausted their attention span for the water, we changed and walked through the rest of the Children's Gardens, ending at the playground. It didn't take long for Eli to request some food, so playtime quickly turned into snack/lunch time. Tyler happily shared a few grapes with Eli before the boys started running again.