Lately

Life in AR has been pretty routine lately. Not a whole lot to report. We've mostly just been doing the same old routine and counting down the days til we get to head home. On Sunday we took advantage of the "cooler" weather and headed over to Lake Fayetteville. I was pleasantly surprised by how pleasant it actually was. They have a nice trail to walk, a beautiful lake and a small playground close by which is always a plus when you've got a toddler. Tyler can be a little timid at times and although he was excited to get to the playground, inspite of my best efforts to convince him that it was just pretend the giant plastic frog head on top of the toys made him nervous enough he wouldn't actually set foot on them. As soon as he spotted the toys he pointed and said, "Robby, robby, robby." (Meaning "Froggy, froggy, froggy") He says "robby" in this deep voice that totally cracks me up every time he says it. Anyway, we'll have to give the "robby" another go the next time we make it out there. This morning we were able to visit the botanical gardens. Every Wednesday they offer a "little sprouts" class where they talk about the 5 senses and let the kids smell and touch plants. I thought it was really fun and I think Tyler enjoyed it too. The gardens were really well planned and really well cared for and I was very impressed with them as a whole. It was definitely a good place to let the kids explore. The highlight of the day though for me was actually walking barefoot in the grass. Oh, how I've missed that!! They have a large grass area that they maintain without using pesticides so Tyler and I tossed the shoes and headed in barefoot. It was heavenly!!

Here are a few pics from our venturing out these last few days:

Botanical Gardens

Lake Fayetteville

I just had to throw this last pic in here. I took Tyler's hat off after a particularly warm day and he had some awesome hat hair. I just about died laughing. This picture doesn't quite do it justice though...