Morton Arboretum, Finally

Well, true to my word, we went to visit the Morton Arboretum...I forgot it was a day off from school - it turned out to be very crowded, since they were extending their October weekend activities, but we did well enough.  we didn't spend any time really exploring the trees, and instead spent all of our time at the children's garden.  I guess maybe the trees would have been a bit boring for Josh anyway.

 The Frog fountain was a hit again, though this time Josh was also interested in hoarding the smooth rocks.

you can see here he is waiting for the water to push the rocks off

this water pump powered the windmill below

This time we also explored the garden a little further and found this rope course.  About half way through he finally started trying to climb on the ropes instead of between them.