Morton Arboretum

Here is another post on the Children's Garden at Morton Arboretum. I love this place and the kids have a blast. I got a lot more pictures this time. We spent longer there so we were able to see more. We even brought our lunch to have a picnic. The family has a membership to the arboretum so it is free for us. Otherwise it is $11 for adults and $8 for children. I also love that they open early. A lot of places that we go to don't open until 10 so we don't have as much time to spend before we have to stop for lunch and naps.

Here are just some of the many pictures I took while we were there. I was also practicing my photography that day so there are a lot that got left out.

Here the kids are touching the big ball that sits in the water and rolls around.
In the Wonder Pond, there are stepping stones that you can walk on. Or you can do like the kids and just walk in the water. A few older kids found a tadpole and held him out for M and E to see.

Here is E touching it.

In the Secret Stream kids can play in the water and build dams with rocks. Here is E working hard on a dam.

M getting her toes wet.

E found a worm and let it crawl all over his hand and arm.

Then he let M have a turn holding the worm.

Don't worry, we went to wash hands with soap and water before coming back to have a picnic.

After lunch we went to find more fun stuff. We found the Evergreen walk. M really wanted to go through it but I was afraid that she would get part of the way in and change her mind so I asked E to stay with her. He did for about 2 1/2 minutes before leaving her. But as you can see, it turned out okay. Here she is coming out of the other side just as happy and proud as can be. Such a big girl!

In the Every Which Way section, M found something wet on these rocks.

Here they can get up close and personal with a little waterfall.

Of course E had to get the walkway all wet as well.

Then they took turns pumping water.

Big muscles!

In the Curiosity Garden, the kids can look through different color leaves to change the colors of their surroundings.

Or of each other!