Arboretum (9-13)

While Grandma and Grandpa were visiting we drove out to the Minnesota Arboretum one sunny, beautiful afternoon. It was a lot of walking, but was a lovely way to spend a lovely day.

We all got a little worn out and we didn't even come close to seeing everything. When we got back to the car, we took a scenic drive out to some of the more remote places we hadn't walked, like the hill with the sculpture garden on it. It's a place worth going back to.

After we were all tuckered out and at the end of our day at the arboretum, we discovered that they had a small-scale cob house for kids to play in, a learning center, and two really neat natural playgrounds for kids. Unfortunately, I was too hungry at that point to have the presence of mind to take pictures of it. All the kids could have spent hours playing there (even Cook!) but it was dinnertime.

The Japanese Garden was beautiful and had a little two-walled structure with cook latticed windows. Ama pretended it was her house, and I got a really good photo of G & G in it!