Easter at the Botanical Gardens

Julianna, Mimi, and I went to the incredibly lovely Botanical Gardens for their Easter festivities. They had Peter Rabbit, horse-pulled wagon rides, crafts, etc. The gardens are already VERY beautiful for being March, and the weather was amazing. It started off a bit cool, but by the afternoon Julianna had shucked her sweater and was running around bare-armed. We just had the GREATEST day! I, of course, took millions of pictures.

We had to wait in line twice to visit with Peter Rabbit because Jules chickened out of sitting on his lap the first time. I was sure she would back out again the second time around, but she surprised me! She was beyond darling!






Playing hopscotch. We kept coming back to this game over and over again. She loved it!










Our first pass at Peter Rabbit.


This is as close as she would get the first time around.


Second time around. On his lap, but looking pretty nervous...


There's a smile!


Smelling the hyacinth. Mmmmm!


Reading the historical facts about the garden. Hee!


Proof that I exist! Sometimes I wonder if Julianna will one day look back through all the thousands of pictures I have taken and wonder if I was even present or if she just had some photographer following her around. I'm sure a lot of moms feel like that.


Getting ready to go on the wagon ride. Julianna LOVED this! Can you tell she's excited?




More hopscotch!


This fountain starts and stops without warning, and if you get caught walking through at either time, you WILL get wet! Well, of course, the kids LOVE it! Mimi and Julianna taking their chances! It really was a little cold for getting soaked today. Luckily, they didn't get too wet.


So cute.








Getting brave and running through on her own.