Tuesday: our first touristy thing!
It was the same story when we lived in Seattle. We never did the quintessential Seattle touristy things -- like Pike Place Market or the Space Needle -- until people came to visit. We always thought they were too dorky or we were too preoccupied with school.
Here it's even worse. Not only do we have these two bruisers who are not so easy to take just anywhere, but we also don't have time to research what all there is to do in our own back-a-yard. Lucky for us, Meemaw did a little 'searching before she came out, and found Longwood Gardens. Basically, Longwood Gardens is a gigantic collection of plants and, more importantly, fountains, started by a DuPont family member, because we are in the Delaware area and everything is DuPont this and DuPont that.
In general, Longwood Gardens is a very peaceful and photogenic place. This was from my very own camera, not a postcard.
But I must say my first thought when Meemaw brought up visiting there was, "Won't that be a little, um, boring?" My second thought was, "What, they have fountains?!?!? Isaac will love it!" Now, having been there, I can honestly say that, while it is truly a beautiful place, I can see that there is a short age-defined window of enjoyment should you wish to visit the gardens, especially if you are a boy. If you are a toddler, you are in fountain heaven. If you are between the ages of four and seventeen, your likely reaction to the place might be "Yay. More trees. Can we please just visit the potato chip factory down the road instead?" Anytime after seventeen, the place is again heaven to you because you would only come there with your lady, and for your troubles she would totally reward you with some tail later.
The place is so picturesque that I could photoblog it forever, but here are the highlights. This was basically the theme of the day, that of Isaac running full-speed in whatever direction he wished to go:
...in contrast to the theme of my life, that of following Isaac around with Jake perched on a hip:
And then I'll just smoosh the rest together. It's all beautiful, and goes like -- Let's go play in this fountain! Look at those big trees and pretty flowers! Get in your dang stroller, kiddo, it's too far to walk!
Here it's even worse. Not only do we have these two bruisers who are not so easy to take just anywhere, but we also don't have time to research what all there is to do in our own back-a-yard. Lucky for us, Meemaw did a little 'searching before she came out, and found Longwood Gardens. Basically, Longwood Gardens is a gigantic collection of plants and, more importantly, fountains, started by a DuPont family member, because we are in the Delaware area and everything is DuPont this and DuPont that.
In general, Longwood Gardens is a very peaceful and photogenic place. This was from my very own camera, not a postcard.
But I must say my first thought when Meemaw brought up visiting there was, "Won't that be a little, um, boring?" My second thought was, "What, they have fountains?!?!? Isaac will love it!" Now, having been there, I can honestly say that, while it is truly a beautiful place, I can see that there is a short age-defined window of enjoyment should you wish to visit the gardens, especially if you are a boy. If you are a toddler, you are in fountain heaven. If you are between the ages of four and seventeen, your likely reaction to the place might be "Yay. More trees. Can we please just visit the potato chip factory down the road instead?" Anytime after seventeen, the place is again heaven to you because you would only come there with your lady, and for your troubles she would totally reward you with some tail later.
The place is so picturesque that I could photoblog it forever, but here are the highlights. This was basically the theme of the day, that of Isaac running full-speed in whatever direction he wished to go:
...in contrast to the theme of my life, that of following Isaac around with Jake perched on a hip:
And then I'll just smoosh the rest together. It's all beautiful, and goes like -- Let's go play in this fountain! Look at those big trees and pretty flowers! Get in your dang stroller, kiddo, it's too far to walk!
posted by Claire at 11:59 PM
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Hey, Jane, that would be so cool! Also one of these days we should meet up at the Please Touch Me museum -- you blogged once about taking Connor there and I have been longing to go with Isaac ever since!
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