This morning, we visited Wing Haven Gardens, a beautiful local bird and butterfly sanctuary which I try to visit about once per year. At $6 per adult and free for children under 18 years old, I don't know why I don't go more often! To my local friends: check ahead because the gardens are open only two partial days per week.
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| Eight children seven and under (Joseph not pictured) |
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| Eating brown bag lunches in the shade |
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| A yogurt malfunction when Mary attempted to taste her friend's blue yogurt: despite her forlorn expression in the photo, she was laughing moments later. |
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| Fishing the two-year-old boy's toy bus out of the pond into which he had thrown it (after having thrown it various other places during our visit--he's in a throwing phase!) |
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| Doing one of the several crafts available for no additional cost in the Children's Garden |
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| Two-year-olds now old enough to participate in arts and crafts! |
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| I see you! |
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| There were even plants and seeds available for children to plant. |
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| Of course, brief planting in dirt did not satisfy the digging needs of the boys, so I directed them to a pile of wood chips, where they dug for about half an hour! |
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| A fun time was had by all! |
At first I thought Mary had an unfortunate encounter with a bird. Glad to hear it was just yogurt!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful place!
They have a statue of Mary there? How nice! I've been meaning to take my kids there for a while... was there any special event the day you went, or do they have those activities/crafts always available?
ReplyDeleteSarah: That happens to be a statue of St. Therese, but there is much Catholic artwork and quotations there. I wonder if the gardener was Catholic.
ReplyDeleteI think we were there for a regular Wednesday. I don't think it was special. Isn't that great? You could call ahead to confirm.