Lexington Arboretum Children's Garden

Today was a day where I woke up and had no plan for the kids. Usually I try to plan out the day the night before, but today I had nothing! We had to go to Lexington to check on my parent's house and get their mail and feed the fish in the pond. So, I knew the activity must be in Lexington. But what to do???

Driving in to Lexington, I went through downtown instead of New Circle Rd. As I was passing the stadium, I remembered seeing some friends' pictures on Facebook of their kids at the new Children's Garden at the Arboretum. The weather was super, not too sunny, cool temps, so I thought it would be a perfect day for a visit.

I am so glad we decided to go. The kids had a GREAT time. It is such a nice place to take kids and spend a couple of hours outdoors. I was a little disappointed that we had to pay to get in. But, it was worth it. Brody and Raegan could have stayed for several hours. There was lots to do: Water sprays, walking in the rocks in the stream, digging in the dirt, watering flowers, looking at the beautiful scenery. I would highly recommend going, if you have little ones.

ABC's

Here is Raegan singing her ABC's. How funny, right?!?!

It's Summertime!

It is officially Summer, or at least the weather sure feels like it! We have had highs in the 90's, bright sunshine, and super high humidity. Reminds me of August......

The kids are enjoying being outside, with lots of popsicles and drinks to keep cool. We had a nice Memorial Day Weekend celebrating Ryan's birthday. Raegan played in the pool a little bit while Ryan and Brody were at Lowe's. She's not a huge fan of water, but she got in it for about 5 minutes. Despite her brief swim, she sure looked cute in her new bathing suit!

Raegan got sick towards the end of the weekend, she ended up getting strep throat! She is on antibiotics and is slowly getting better. She still runs a fever when the motrin/tylenol run out. Hopefully it will be gone by tomorrow?

Today the kids blew bubbles on the driveway for about an hour. They each took turns blowing bubbles while the other chased them. They were busy doing this for a while, so that makes Mom happy! Any moment I can get without some child whining/requesting something/crying is soo appreciated.

We have a robin's nest in our wreath on the front door. We noticed it about a week ago. The bird made the nest on top of the wreath, which has us wondering why she chose that spot. We now can't use our front door so we don't disturb the nest. Today I took pictures of it to share. It's amazing to me that birds know how to make nests, with mud and sticks to keep their eggs safe. My door is now muddy from all of her hard work, but I'll let it be until the babies are born and on their way.