At the front entrance fountain. I was very glad to have a few spare coins on me for Mia to throw in. She loves doing that.
A chipmunk ran across our path as we walked towards the children's area. Mia was fascinated and watched him for several minutes. She kept running back and forth on the path to keep up with him. She would squeal with delight when she saw him.
She liked sitting here because the water would slightly spray her every so often.
"Mommy look at his mouth!"
As I researched the Gardens beforehand, I saw they had a little splash pool area for kids, so I packed her bathing suit. She loved it. We probably spent 30-40 minutes here. There was one other little girl who was also 2.5, so they played nicely together. The fountains were just the right height for her to run through. She ran in circles over and over again, giving me high fives and waving to me as she would run past. She was laughing and smiling so big; it was tons of fun for me to watch.
Mia stood like this multiple times because she would laugh as she would say the water felt funny on her bum.
You could push a button on the wall to make the sunflowers sprinkle water down too; she thought that was pretty cool.
After drying off, we headed out to explore more of the Gardens. Mia declared this frog was reading The Bible to his baby frog.
She enjoyed walking into Peter Rabbit's Cove.
She always likes putting her face through these little cutouts. This is a rabbit eating a carrot.
Such a happy girl!
She ran through Peter Rabbit's fence hole probably 15 times. She thought it was awesome!
Mia is a very hygienic girl. She wants to brush her teeth and wash her hands multiple times a day. She thought it was hilarious that this cow was holding a toothbrush.
A little unsure of being behind the waterfall.
Checking out the view from the tree house.
Glowie (formerly know as "Glo" but now known as "Glowie" per Mia) came out just before lunch as she was wearing down a little bit. I love this Dale Chihuly fountain. Mia actually wanted a picture with it.
After the above picture was taken, we relaxed in wooden swings in the shade for a few minutes, and then we stopped in the cafe to have lunch. We shared a spinach and fruit salad with a basil vinaigrette dressing. Mia loves fruit, so she was content with all the delicious strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, mandarin oranges, blackberries and raspberries though she did take a few small pieces of spinach and dip them in the dressing. She kept saying "I like salad!" She didn't really like the Gorgonzola on top, but it was easy to brush that aside for her. I love this girl's taste in food! After lunch we did part of the canopy walk which has lots of paths high in the air through trees and flowers. It was very shaded too which was nice. Mia enjoyed walking through and pointing to different objects like birds, statues and waterfalls. We finally ended up at this beautiful waterfall area where a nice lady offered to take our picture for us.
It was a little after noon at this point, and I could see Mia was getting pretty tired, so we headed on home. She stayed awake on the ride though because we were having fun talking, singing along to the radio (though she often wondered where Daddy's "iPot" with her songs were) and waving out the window. As we were leaving I said "Thank you so much for coming to the gardens with me Mia. I had a lot of fun." She replied "You're welcome Mommy" in her sweet little voice. This was truly a great morning, and it makes me really look forward to my next Mommy-Daughter Date with Mia!
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