Fernwood Gardens

To celebrate the first day of "Summer" Vacation, I took the girls up to Fernwood Gardens near Niles, Michigan. This is a great little place, only about 20 minutes from our house, and even though there aren't any playgrounds, the girls (yes, all three) have so much fun there.

Unfortunately, I spent all morning on the phone trying to get the internet fixed, and also trying to find some friends to come with us to the gardens. Both attempts failed. However, there was a slight chance we might run into some friends who said they might go (The friends' grandfather was in town for a visit, and the mom hadn't made definite plans, so they might decide to go, but not until after the baby woke up).

So, after a hectic morning, and Zoë asking me every 20 minutes if we were close to leaving (the poor girl!) we finally got everything loaded and into the van about 11am (I had planned to leave no later than 10am!)

The girls loved the frogs. Then they loved the picnic. But the best part was while we were flapping away flies, worried the bees would come get us ("Bzzzzzz. Sting!" as Miranda now says), I heard some little girl voices I thought sounded familiar: we met up with our friends! Yay!

It was a great afternoon, and I was thankful for all the shady trees as we would've been nicely burned and even more uncomfortably hot otherwise. I've posted lots of pictures on our website. Thanks Wells Ladies (and grandpa) for sharing a fun afternoon with us!