More garden time and a wren in the house.

Okay, first I have to share with all of you how we spent our Saturday night.

Russell walked out the front door and this little friend flew in. My facebook friends might remember that this happened to us another time about a year ago. Forty-five minutes later, we escorted him out the upstairs window. Russell has mad skills with a broom. The ruckus woke up Caroline. Though I'm wasn't happy about that, the little birdie didn't poop anywhere in the house. And that's more than I can say for last time. Does this happen to other people?

On to today. We had so much fun last week, we jumped at the chance to go back to the Botanical Gardens with friends. I promise my next post will be about something else.

Just seeing him get in this position hurts my knees.

Isaac wasn't into looking at the camera. But he was into putting the colander on his head.

Catherine and Isaac checking out the koi pond.

Isaac liked to press the button and Daniel and Catherine were delighted to "take a shower."

The butterfly house was open! Daniel was terribly amused by blowing on the butterflies on the milkweed and making them flutter around.

Not bad without any knowledge of macro or equipment?

And this is just cute.

Morning at the Botanical Gardens

A morning of rain was in the forecast. Which means a morning of fussy was in my forecast. Much to my delight, this morning I woke up and the good people at the Weather Channel had decided the front wouldn't be here til this afternoon. That made for a perfect opportunity for a quick outing to the Botanical Gardens. Cloudy so we didn't have to worry much about sunburn, cool enough, but not too cold to get a little wet at the end. All in all, a perfect day for it!

We were joined by our friends Daniel and Andrew (who are the girls' ages, almost exactly). What fun!

 

Giant Garden, Little Me exhibit

The fun really started when Mrs. Svitlana discovered this black button that made the dandelion blow bubbles.

This was unposed. They just decided to sit down together. Sweet kids.

You can "count" on Daniel. Sorry - corny.

Catherine's already kissing frogs . . . watch out, Daddy!

Andrew running. All the pictures of Andrew look just like this. Thankful for a high shutter speed. He's a moving target!

Caro wants to do what the big kids are doing!

Happy girls make for a happy momma! 

An aside - Blogger's picture placement bewilders me. Oh well, here they are, even if not perfectly arranged!