Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Luisenpark

Lauren and I took the kids to Luisenpark over the weekend. Its a botanical gardens with awesome playgrounds, birds, aquarium, beautiful flowers, river boat rides etc. The kids had a blast and we ended up spending over 6 hours there and didn't even see the whole park.

Loved the Guinea Pigs...Hailey wanted one and then we moved on to the turtles and she wanted one of those too. She said, "Mom, I can't stand it! I want one!" Hailey, Nora, and David waiting so patiently for a butterfly to land on them. We were in the Butterfly Garden forever...they loved it!Relaxing before lunch...wish they would have stayed like that for more than 2 seconds! :) This heron walked right up to us looking for some lunch...of course the kids shared! He hung around until a bratty kid chased him away.Their MASSIVE nest on top of a buildingZoomed in on the nest (with a baby inside!)Fake crying because I took a stick away from her...Hmmm...guess it isn't working...
I suppose I'm over it now...Taking a break from running around
She loves flamingos!
On the boat ride
Those are crazy wide mouth fish streamlining for the boat. A sign says not to feed them, but people must because they come right up to the boat with a their huge mouths open. We didn't chance it but they must not bite because we saw people sticking their fingers in the water and flipping the fish by their mouths (meanies)

Madeline and Kailee love each other!!!! Kailee still sings "Happy birthday, MaaMaa" even though her party was a few weeks ago!
Box cars
They had a really cool water play area with a dam, pumps, and these wheel wells. I didn't know what to expect for the water area so I didn't bring swimsuits for the girls only a change of clothes and towels although all of the German kids were running around naked or in their underwear.
The baby girls crashed on the walk out...they fought it though and both sat forward in their seats until their eyes gave out on them! :)
The big kids
And some video snippets...

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