So beautiful, so much to see, never enough time. Sometime I would love to go there for a whole day with my better camera and just walk around, sit on a bench and relax for awhile and then take some pictures. Maybe someday! Soon?
But for now, here are some pics from a trip we took there as a "family date" about a month or so ago. It was great. Added bonus, it's free before noon on Wed and Sat for St. Louis residents. :)
Did I mention I love this place??? I think my son does too, until after a few hours he realizes it's just plants. Just plants? I love plants! Well, don't worry Andrew, we'll be hitting the zoo a few times this summer and seeing a few animals, for sure!
He really did love the place. Andrew was so excited about the flowers at the entrance to the building that he got really upset when we told him we had to actually go in. Just wait until you get in, Andrew :)
He even gave the flower at the entrance a hug. So sweet.
There was a section of over a thousand different kinds of irises. I've never really paid much attention to them before, but these were beautiful. And with crazy names like "Grandma's Pajamas", it was fun to walk through them :) Andrew thought the little orange thing inside the one below was a caterpillar. He loves caterpillars!
Andrew loves the water... any kind.
The best part was watching Andrew explore, of course. He's so adventurous and funny. Definite entertainment!
We met a little friend while we were walking.
We were watching it for awhile and a lady came up to us and very close to the snake, leaned over the bust that he was on and said, "Oh, are you looking at the baby squirrels?" When she saw that what we were looking at was a snake a few inches from her, she screamed rather loudly, squeezed my arm rather tightly and ran away rather quickly yelling, "Sorry, I'm so sorry! I hate snakes!" I thought it was pretty fun except for the fact that my arm was a little sore for a while!
Trees... clouds... ahh, so beautiful!!! It was such a perfect day.
A few family pics, but none of us ALL together. I need to just grab a stranger to take our picture together at some point, or if anyone wants to join us some time, let me know!
Oh, there was one animal. Andrew took advantage of the situation.


















































































































