Adventures of Whit and John - Holiday Edition

Today I took Whit and my nephew John to the National Botanical Gardens to check out the holiday decorations and the train display since Heather had some holiday shopping to get done. I originally thought I would take them to my gym day care but I have felt that we haven't done as many holiday things as in years past and was feeling the need to be festive. I think that is in large part to Mae having school everyday. I also don't feel there seems to be as much to do here around the holidays - surely that  isn't true. I just feel that I had my Seattle holiday routine down (Swansons Nursery, Gingerbread Houses at the Sheraton, Teddy Bear Suite at the Fairmont, Conservatory, and Holiday Ships). And the Seattle things didn't seem ever that crowded. 

We got there a half hour prior to it opening and decided to play around at the base of the Capitol. The boys loved stair jumping and despite it being on the chilly side no one complained. Once the gardens opened we headed in and were thrilled by the decorations and the boys loved the trains. They sat there just watching them go around and around. It also helped that there was a Thomas train. The boys were especially smitten with throwing coins in the pond. If I had more money on me I have a feeling we could have done that ALL day long. We did the loop around the garden TWICE because they wanted to the see the trains again and we even took the elevator up to the catwalk to overlook the jungle. The boys were a pure delight, listened beautifully, and didn't destroy anything. Well, John picked a fruit off one of the trees but I told him we weren't allowed to do that and it didn't happen again. 

I had just as great of a time with these two boys as they did with each other. The decorations were beautiful and being in a warm toasty green house in the middle of winter just feels cozy and special.  

As you can tell from these photos these two boys are like peas in a pod. They love playing together and  love each other so much. As the photos show, they rarely leave each others sides. This is the reason we moved back to Virginia.