Last weekend, we took Melanie to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. Mark had the idea to go, but heard from a coworker that admission was free on the first weekend of the month, through the end of the year, for Bank of America customers. The program is called 'Museums On Us'. They're offering free admission to over 100 museums nationwide, including (in Atlanta) the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Fernbank, Zoo Atlanta, the Atlanta History Center, and Millenium Gate. I have to admit that I was hesitant about taking her there. I wasn't sure if she would appreciate it, since she's so young. But, the place really surprised me. That day was the Grand Opening of their "green" expansion, and they also were displaying sculptures by Henry Moorethroughout the gardens. The whole place was really beautiful, and they even had a kids section. We started off there, through the belly of the caterpillar, coming out through gates of a butterfly. Another section was set up to look like Mr. McGregor's garden from Peter Rabbit...very cute. There was a little shack there, where we had to hide from the rain for a few minutes...ha! After that, there was a bee hive (behind glass), and a "kids" only tree house with spiral slide. After a few hours, we had to run to avoid a big rainstorm. Melanie was wearing out anyway (turns out she had a double ear infection). Next month we're planning on going to the zoo that first weekend of the month. I think Melanie will really like that one. Right now, whenever she sees a bear (in a book), she says wwrrraaahhhhwww!
p.s. the full album from the day is posted over on the left.
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