Nature Center

Yesterday I took the kids and one of Ainsley's friends to the Austin Nature and Science Center - another fun thing to do at Zilker Park. I tried to get us there early enough to avoid the blistering heat but it's kind of hard to do that during the summer in Texas. They had fun nonetheless.

After the nature center we found a shady picnic area and ate lunch. Once lunch was over they all had to go to the bathroom so I decided to drive over to the botanical gardens because their bathrooms are as descent as a public restroom gets. Once everyone was refreshed they begged to walk through the gardens so we picked a section and walked around for a little while.

While I was taking pictures of the girls on the butterfly benches I was keeping track of Landon out of the corner of my eye. He was interested in a barn that was near us so when the girls started fighting over who was going to sit where on one of the benches my eyes left Landon for a split second. He took that as his opportunity to take off and by the time I turned around he was running full speed down a slippery, gravely incline. I had to sprint to catch him and prayed the whole way that he wouldn't face plant into the gravel. Fortunately I cut him off before he could damage his cute face.