Day Two in NC...

On our third day in NC we realized we were going to need to get Miles a little something more to play with.  He was getting bored with what I was able to pack in my suitcase and was probably a little tired of me singing Old MacDonald...I know I was.  So Jody called one of her neighbors who has young children and asked if they had anything like a exersaucer that they weren't using.  He said he did and he would clean it up and we could come get it....well, check it out.....

Does it look familiar to anyone?  Miles has the same exact one at home!!!!  He was excited to see it, and so was I.  It had been a couple nights since I had eaten dinner without him in my lap.  What a relief it was to have that to turn to when we needed it!

After Miles took a little snooze in the morning was decided to get outside and enjoy the beautiful day, as we hadn't had one to write home about yet.  It was sunny, warm, not a cloud in the sky, just glorious!!!  We went to the North Carolina Arboretum.  We took a nice long walk on a trail up to the arboretum, it was a little tough going with Miles' stroller, (the bob would have been a breeze!), but we took turns and made it, it was all worth it!

At the arboretum there are lots of cool scultptures....

beautiful flowers, though it was still a little early to see it in all of its glory, it was still very beautiful!  There is a little spot where they have a couple of 'waterfalls'.  In the same spot there is a little pond that houses some frogs.  Miles and I decided to get out feet a little wet by one of the waterfalls.

Here are the frogs, they were so loud!  I drop Miles' hat in front of them and one of them took off toward it, I jumped up and screamed... the people across the way laughed at me.  I've just never warmed up to the slimy little creatures....it's silly I know, what was that frog really going to do anyway?

We then walked around one of the exhibits they have every year, the bonsai exhibit.  They were so beautiful!  

I can't imagine the patience it takes to make one of these things!

After that we sat in the grass for a little while.  I will always enjoy seeing a baby experience grass for the first few times.

Miles just sat there for the first few minutes just stroking the grass not sure really what to do with it.   After that we went into one of the buildings where they had another exhibit...

It is a little bit like the ECHO center in Burlington, The Scoop On Poop talks all about... well you can probably figure it out.  We didn't go in because there were other things we wanted to see, I am sure it was a neat exhibit though.

Here is another cool sculpture, this is a skeleton of a bat, a little creepy if you ask me....


One of the last things we check out was the flower quilt, all of the colors you see are pansies, it was very pretty.  They change the pattern once in a while, it was very cool.

After all that we had a tired little boy on our hands,

We went back home and had a nice dinner and rested up for our next adventure.  Here are a couple more cute photos from the day!  Check back again soon for our next outing!

What a blond little boy!!

Oh, Lucky Bear!!!!

Jenny xxoo