Thursday, May 28, 2009

Hermann Park & The Japanese Gardens

We met up with the Landry Family this past week. Our original intentions were to ride the train at the zoo and then go to the zoo. Once we rode the train and realized all the other fun (and free) stuff we could do, we changed our minds about the zoo. Not to mention there were a gazillion school buses in the parking lot of the zoo and knew the zoo would be so overcrowded.

So, we had a picnic lunch, rode the new train, walked to a nearby park and splash pad and let the kids play in the water, and then went to the Japanese Gardens and fed goldfish and got lots of cute pictures of all of the girls. Ana's husband, Pat, was with us and he had an amazing way of getting the kids to look at the camera and smile. They all listened so well to him. After the gardens, we had ice cream and then rode the train again before leaving. It was a really fun day.



Myself, Shelby, Kayla, Ana, Autumn, & Leanna on the first train ride.


Posing for us on whatever that thing is called.

Playing in the splash area...





Pat pulling all four girls to the Japanese Gardens.


First of many cute pictures in the Japanese Gardens.






A serious case of "Broken-Neck Syndrome."





Finishing up a fun afternoon with a second train-ride...my girls love to stick those tongues out.

I love it, Leanna & Kayla's tongues are out in this one!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like you guys had a great time!! I can't wait to that stuff with my boys someday!!

o said...

You were on top of things to have the swimsuits ready when the orignal plan was the zoo! I am all about free fun, too.

Julie said...

Autumn in a pair of shorts (I'm shocked) and still looking beautiful)!!
You guys were smart not to go the the zoo- we went last week and had to battle all the school trips. It was a little crazy, but at least the kids still had fun.

Steph said...

- We only had swimsuits b/c we were planning to play in the splash area in the zoo...which I'm sure was covered head to toe with school kids!!

- Autumn is all about the shorts this summer. Apparently shorts are okay- just no capris or pants!

Melissa Beth said...

It's so funny to see the Westinghouse shoulder pose being passed on to their friends. That cracks me up... they had Alli doing it too. Kids are so funny at this age.

Looks like a blast.