Way back in December (or maybe November - I can't remember that far back!) a friend gave us some free passes to go to the Tucson Botanical Gardens. They expired on February 28, so guess when we finally got around to using them? Yep! That's right, February 28th!I'd talked about going to the Botanical Gardens with Kiersten several days before, and then not too long after that, she asked me if she could take her doll to Kindergarten with her. I was a little confused because I wasn't sure where Kindergarten came from, but explained to her that when she goes to Kindergarten she'll need to leave all of her dolls at home so that she will be able to listen to her teacher without getting distracted. Not too long after that she made some other reference to going to Kindergarten soon and I reminded her she still had over a year to go before she got to go to Kindergarten. She got really upset and yelled at me that I'd told her we could go to Kindergarten on Saturday (she's a child who doesn't do well with plan changes!). All of a sudden I realized that she was confusing "Botanical Garden" with "Kindergarten!" Once we got that little misunderstanding straightened out, we were able to make plans for going to the Botanical Gardens!
This was the first time we'd been to the Botanical Gardens, and I was really impressed. They had a butterfly exhibit with the most beautiful butterflies from Central and South America. We couldn't get Kiersten in to see the butterflies, though, because it was in a greenhouse, and the butterflies were flying around free and she didn't like the idea of them landing on her! So she settled for just looking through the window!
Kiersten said that her favorite part was a model train that was set up. I really liked the iris garden - unfortunately it wasn't in bloom! I'll bet it is gorgeous later this spring. I'm not sure what Nate enjoyed the most. And I think Tanner liked it all - riding in the backpack, feeling like he's king of the world!
Who'd have known that in February it would be 85 degrees, and I'd be worried about my children getting sunburned? That's winter in Tucson for you, I guess.
3 comments:
Can I just say that you still look adorable? Even after how many years of college being over and having two kids. How do you do it?
Kristie - I found your blog through Scott and Gini's. Your kids are getting so big and cute!
How fun, we never made it to the gardens there, but we made it to the one here, and it's such a nice walk! So, did Kiersten get to take her doll with her to "Kindergarten" after all?
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