Morton Arboretum

This was Part 1 of our Fourth of July weekend, and we spent it at Morton Arboretum with Nana and Grandpa Cermak. We started out with our usual route through the Children's Garden.

Gavin thought it was so neat that he is still small enough to fit in this doghouse:






He made a friend and got soaked, as usual, at the Frog Pond:







Exploring the big flowers with Grandpa:

Can you find Gavin?

Here's a close-up to help you out:

There is a ladder by the slides where it's supposed to look like you're climbing up through roots. Here's the view from the bottom:

And from the top:

Just in case Gavin wasn't wet enough from the Frog Pond, these water pumps finished the job:








Running at full speed!





We went to the Adventure Woods area, which I had thought that Gavin was too young for last year. He loved everything in there, including this rope-net thing:

This is part of "Evergreen Lookout," which is just like it sounds. There is an enclosed bridge for kids to run around in, which goes around the trees. You're up high so you can see the rest of the Children's Garden.

There is a sign that says, "Not recommended for toddlers." So true! The preschoolers and elementary school kids run through this at top speeds - so of course Gavin loved it! There was another climbing area that was enclosed with ropes and nets and went in and out of the trees. Gavin loved that too, and I think we were at that one for half an hour. We just never run out of things to do at the Arboretum!