End of Summer, Part II

It was on our summer "to-do" list to explore a new park and ride bikes on trails. We spent the day at Heritage Park in Olathe last week and accomplished both things! The kids had fun riding on the paved trails even thought G couldn't quite keep up on the big wheel. I ran around Heritage Park a few times in the past, but never had an opportunity to explore - we thought it was a beautiful place! There's a little peninsula that goes out on the pond, walking trails, picnic areas, playgrounds and PLENTY of greenspace. We walked around the peninsula (we called it our secret island) and saw 3 great blue herons, ducks, geese and butterflies. We had a picnic and relaxed in the sun. We found a playground and climbed some trees. We even found a mini-beach! A perfect day.

Riding the trails

Exploring our secret island



My Biker Babies

We also spent a day at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and Loose Park with Dan, Tara & the boys. We saw a really neat exhibit about Egypt with a real mummy. The kids were seriously impressed. They also loved running around outside in the sculpture garden!

The rose garden at Loose Park was amazing & beautiful as always, and it smelled glorious! I can't believe how great it looked during this KC summer heat. We also had a picnic at the park, played on the playground, and walked around the duck pond.

The reflection pool

shuttlecock

sweet Danny boy inside the shuttlecock

Look who's walking!!

Loose Park Rose Garden





One of my favorite moments that day. Just relaxing by the pond and enjoying the view.


One last day at the zoo today (even if it was a little drizzly).Nikita the polar bear was doing tricks for treats and we were able to check out the new tiger enclosure. We LOVE the zoo!



This is what happens when I ask them to "pose"



Nikita doing tricks



It's official. Summer is over! We met the teachers tonight and school starts Thursday! The girls are over the moon excited, they each got the teacher they wanted and have lots of friends in their classes.

It's always kind of hard to say goodbye to summer but even more exciting to move on to the next big thing. KINDERGARTEN for Sophia and 2nd grade for Ava. Yay!!