I'm so sad to say that we have lived in St. Louis for three years now, and today was the first time we have been to the Botanical Gardens. We had SOOOO much fun! We really did not think the boys would be all that excited about looking at all the flowers and such, so we decided to just kind of glance at things on the way to the children's garden where they could play. They were totally into everything! We saw so much beautiful plant life while we were there. I think I may make this our Saturday morning ritual. Enjoy the photos of all the beautiful creation our Lord has made (including my boys :).
Dad, this is for you. Let me know who he is.
Obviously, a waterfall.
I had to take 2 pics to get this tree
in. It spins around as it grows.
This leaf is actually HUGE, probably
like the size of a large canoe. It was
up near the ceiling.
Banana tree, with bananas nonetheless. If you
look closely, you can see the birds munching.
This beauty was called jade vine.
This was in a "living green" exhibit.
It was to show how it took more energy to run
regular light bulbs compared to the energy savers.
The guys in the "temperate" building that may
have been temperate for the plants, but sheesh
it was hot in there!
The Max man on the rope bridge.
And the Leo.
Climb boyoes!
Now the water fun!
Finn was a little unsure.
Still hesitant.
Leo jumped right in.
Waiting for another one to squirt up.
Later at home cheesing. Had to throw it in.
Jaboticaba. We thought this was so cool
because the fruit grows directly on the limbs.
Pineapple.
Bromeliad.
Pineapple ginger.
Magnolia. Oh, it smelled SO good!
