thanksgiving point gardens with new friends

Shortly after we moved, I discovered a lovely new-to-me blog--The Daily Delights-- by an even lovelier lady who happens to share my name. Despite the worst hurricane of the century being named Katrina, there really aren't that many of us out there, so it's always kinda fun when I run across another. I've actually only been acquainted with 2 or 3 other Katrina's in my entire life. And I've never had a friend named Katrina. Until now that is. Trina and I emailed back and forth a few times and it turns out she had found my blog some time ago. She lives about 40 minutes away, but her playgroup had an outing planned for Monday to visit the Thanksgiving Point Children's Discovery Garden and she invited us along. I'm so glad she did because it was a lot of fun, and I'm really happy to have made a new friend! You should definitely check out her blog. She is ridiculously talented--she paints, she does really fun crafts with her kids, and she is always posting fun, super healthy recipes.

Here she is... mid-sentence. Sorry I didn't get a better picture of you, Trina!


And now is the part where I bombard you with tons of photos of our outing. Ready, set, go!

First up, we have the maze. Grace LOVED it! And then there was a bear cave, complete with a bronze bear that roared.


And a lily pad pond with Koi fish.


A caterpillar made for climbing and tunnels made for exploring.


And the best part of all, the Noah's Ark fountain. Asher and Grace both had lots of fun playing in the water.





Asher had fun with his new friends too.




Oh, and of course we had snacks too.


I took some flower photos too of course but I think I'll save those for another post.