Botanical Gardens at Chatfield

We went adventuring again today (Augsut 30th) and I have to admit, I think it was a bust.  We've had so much fun on our other adventures that this was bound to happen sometime, so I'm ok with it.  We went to the Denver Botanical Gardens at Chatfield.  The website made it look like a really nice place, and I even ran into a play group about 2 years ago at our local park that told me they frequented the gardens.  I have no idea what they would do there.  There wasn't even a visitor center to glean information.  We wandered around a bit and managed to find the Discovery Center, which was a tree house, a pond (infested with bees), and a rock pit with logs to build teepees.  The kids enjoyed that area for a while before we headed on.  We ran into an old farm house that still had a chicken coop with chickens.  Kai really liked that, but by that time we were about done.  We ambled on a bit more trying to find something, anything, but struck out.  There were various guide signs throughout the area, but they were not overly informative.  One made me laugh out loud.  It stated in large, bold print, "Dead Tree".  Really, like we couldn't tell.

 Kai pushing Madeleine in the stroller.  Yes, she is bigger than him

and just slightly older.  I guess I'm just lucky that Kai has always

preferred to walk instead of ride in the stroller.  It's saved me from

having to buy a double stroller.

Kai in the treehouse.

Finn climbing into the treehouse, too.  I couldn't get a picture of it

because I was too scared to stand back, but he did manage to get

himself up a rung or two!

Kai building teepees with Ethan.

Finn climbing again.  Anyone see a pattern here?

Finn's pit stop.  I really enjoy having him on a bottle.

It makes outings like this so much more manageable.

After our wandering we went to Chick Fil' A for lunch and had a good time visiting.  At least we have some good friends who like to adventure with us.  That always makes our trips a good time!