The Arboretum!

Yesterday we headed to the Morton Arboretum. The weather was beautiful and we were meeting friends there. Gracie was so excited to meet up with her BFF, Scotty. We hit the water right away and Gracie showed Scott how to walk on the rocks.

They had a ball wading through the water. In fact, Scott had so much fun with the water that his mom had to remove his shirt because it got a little too wet. Check out this stud! No wonder Gracie likes hanging around him! Presley and Evie weren't much for playing the water so they sat on the rocks and watched everyone else. But they did have fun walking across the bridge. Is little Evie a ham or what? After that, it was time to hit the playground now that everyone had cooled off a little. Scott and Grace had fun climbing around. And then going down the slide. Evie loved the slides too. But guess who was too scared to go by himself? Daddy to the rescue. After that it was time for lunch. Presley had fun hanging with his little lady, Miss Shelby. He thought it was great fun to tickle her and make her smile. But what one does, so does the other.....so Evie got in on the action too. Then we found the fountain that you can throw rocks in. Actally you are not supposed to throw them, but push them in. We got in trouble for that one. Whoops! We moved to climbing bridges after that. And then we had fun playing in forts. Presley got the great idea to peek his head in the window at the girls. They thought that was funny too. And Gracie and Scott had fun climbing the forts too. We attempted a picture of the kids before we left but as you can see.....it was near naptime and everyone was cranky and tired. It was great to get out and enjoy the weather with our buddies. We are really going to miss hanging out so much now that school is starting. I guess we'll just have to start penciling in for next summer:(