Oh, I just love fall! It's my favorite. I was so ready to celebrate the season with my kids. We decided to do all the things we love to do, but haven't done in a long time. Or ever.
We started the week of at the McWane Center with friends. We had let our membership lapse, and we hadn't been in a long time. The kids really had fun, and we actually learned stuff too. They got to watch the fish being fed, pet sting rays and (tiny) sharks, learn about liquid nitrogen, and some other random stuff. And we had some plain old fun too...
My "dream" job. Weather girl. Person. Meteorologist.
All of our hands. Awwwww...
This was huge. McWane has a hurricane simulator, and my kids were all afraid to get in it last year. This year? Only Zane was afraid. And we'll let that slide, since he's only 3 ;)
Yay, Laney!!!!!
Okay, this is so sad, but with these crazy peg board thingies, Laney and I went around to all of them and made all the pegs go the same way. You know, smoothed all of them out. It was a really quiet day at McWane, and so we were able to get all the boards all smoothed out. Except for one problem. Zane. You can see how he thwarted our efforts. Oh well, at least it was cute. Can you imagine having that many Zanes? Wow...
Our next stop was Aldridge Gardens, which I had never been to. Laney and Jude had been with my Mom, but it was new to Zane and me. The trees were just stunningly beautiful. I couldn't stop taking pictures of them.
The yellow against the blue sky was just breathtaking. It didn't photograph well, because the photographer still has no idea what's she's doing yet with her camera, still, but I still can see the real beauty in my mind...
Laney decided Camilla's are her new favorite flower.
This is one of my most favorite pictures.
The water was icy and wonderful.
Our next stop was the Birmingham Zoo, which we had also not been to in a very long time. We were so lucky with the tigers this day. We literally stayed here and looked at this beautiful guy for the longest time. He was amazing, even sleeping.
His eyes were just captivating. My favorite stone has always been Tiger's Eye, and I couldn't help but think of that when I was looking at his eyes. They were gorgeous.
Our biggest treat of the day was how close we got to this beast. I mean, literally inches, separated by that one piece of glass. It made my heart beat quickly.
It's hard to see in this picture, but he was actually leaving slobber on the glass as he was pacing by. It was crazy. And a little scary.
Crazy scary.
This is my screen saver right now. I love the crayon version.
And we rounded out the week with Halloween, but those pictures are elsewhere. This will hopefully remind me to do a Halloween post later. The kids love looking back at past Halloweens and seeing what they wore and how much they've changed. That will have to be the next post!
That pretty much wraps up our amazing week. I am always so thankful and humbled by this season for some reason. I think my tiny corner of Heaven might just been decorated in Fall. I hope so, anyway... ;)
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