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The Bunch Start Back to School and Enjoy the Aboretum



My beautiful family sans our eldest son and myself
As normal, when the temp starts topping 100 almost daily, we start back to school. I figure if the kids are stuck inside every afternoon (which is really anytime after 10:30am) then they might as well be learning something and not just be comatose in front of the TV. We have been doing school for the past two weeks and so far it has been fairly painless to get back in the routine of things, though we are taking off this week to get ready for their birthday parties next weekend.

We finally had our unusual cool front come through. It was too late for us to go to Six Flags so we headed to the Dallas Arboretum for the day. The high was only 73 and it felt so great....almost cold in the water. This was our first time to visit the children's gardens. It was really neat. We spent pretty much the whole day in the childrens garden and only did about 2/3 of the activities. My kids are older, but there were a ton of activities for younger kids. We saw a lot of toddlers and preschoolers. Most of the interactive computers are geared for older kids, but there was a lot of play areas for the younger ones. If we go when it is hot out, I know the kids will play in the water features so I will have to remember to bring a change of clothes. It was great to enjoy the cool weather for one day in such a beautiful place.....although the temp is already back to normal two days later. I can't wait until October!


L in one of the kids play areas

T playing in the water area.

L and T building with the blocks.

Not real sure what they were going for here.

L and T on the skywalk

A is not in the pics since she is at that age where we have to pretty much catch her off guard to get her pic!

Although the pics do not really show it, there really was a lot of flowers at the gardens.

T on the cloud jump....which is netting stretched across the tree tops.

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