Saturday, June 21, 2008 - Florida Day Two
Monday was our second full day in Florida. Our first stop was Harry P. Leu Gardens. They offer free admission on Mondays from 9-noon and of course we took advantage of that. This was something I wanted to do with our recent interest in flowers and our ongoing love of nature.
Dad and the three boys viewing the flower clock.
There was one flower, well, bush really, that I was seeing all over the place and it was bothering me that I didn't know what it was.
It is myrtle. And I didn't notice its fruit until I was preparing this picture.
One of the highlights of the entire trip, for the boys, was all the lizzards!
They also enjoyed the observation deck on the lake. There was a sign that said not to feed the alligator and just the thought of getting to see one was exciting. We couldn't find it but we did see a bunch of fish, more lizzards and this guy.
There was so much to see at the gardens. We didn't get to everything but one things that we all wanted to see was the butterfly garden
And we were all entrigued with this one flower. We have no idea what it is either.
We also took the tour of the house that was turned into a museum. It was interesting and the temperature was COOL.
After lunch, we headed to WonderWorks.
Yes, it is upsidedown. Wonder Works was a science center where there were over 100 hands-on activities. We experienced 65 mph hurricane winds, an earthquake, played games on our eyes, "air" hockey with lights, a bed of nails, and many, many other things.
Here Dad is helping Cameron operate a robotic arm to stack bricks:
You could use a similator to try and land the NASA space shuttle, or try your hand as a fighter pilot. Cameron got to become an astronaut.
After Wonder Works, we headed to Lego Land in Down Town Disney.
Another "free" attraction. Although we all spent some money at the store. ;o) Everything was made of Legos. They had tons of hands on places for kids to create their own masterpieces and there were many things to see made from Legos.
Dinosaur (it actually moves)
Nessie?
Transformer
Sea life
Even the tourists are made of Lego.
Millenium Falcon and General Grevious (big hits with the three young Padawans)
We even briefly visited Paris
After all this, we went back to the house and of course got in the pool again! Loved the pool
Comments
Sunday, June 22, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by MoreLittleWilsons
That purple flower.. looks like a passionflower to me.. Passiflora http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passiflora.
It's a great sedative, makes hyper kids calm.. and helps you sleep.. - herbal remedies!!
Sombra
Sunday, June 22, 2008 - What great fun!
Posted by deedeeuk
We just spent a weekend at Lego land in London - I didn't know there was one in Florida!
Sunday, June 22, 2008 - FUN!!!
Posted by Anonymous
What a fun filled day!!!
Lego land is great.. my kids enjoyed that too when we went a few years back. I will have to remember those garden.. SO pretty!!!
Glad you had such a great trip!
Joanne
Sunday, June 22, 2008 - GREAT pictures!!!
Posted by kympossible
I am SO impressed with the beautiful pics of all the flowers!!! We will have to check out those gardens on our next FL trip. Isn't LegoLand cool? My boys LOVED it. Thanks for sharing all the great pics!
Blessings,
Kym
