Today we spent the afternoon at the Muttart Conservatory in Edmonton. We enjoyed spending time in each pyramid, learning all about plants in each part of the world - There are three pyramids that cover parts of the world that are either Arid, Temperate or Tropical, and then there is the Show Pyramid. We were able to look on the maps and see which parts of the globe each pyramid related to. We saw plants like Banana's, Pineapples, Figs and dates. We experienced a rain forest with its high humidity.
Outside in the gardens we collected seeds of various trees - including acorns from a rare Oak tree. We are going to busy planting. We watched the squirrel above for a while busily eating apples! The children climbed a few trees they probably shouldn't have! It was a lovely day!
I have many more pictures but they are all on FB - I tend to put the better pictures of the kids on FB as I don't want too many on here any more ;)
Abigail had ordered a cd from the library and today we heard that it was in, so we stopped off at the library to get it - Sam also wanted some books on gem stones as he has a big treasure box of gem stones and wanted to read up on them and find out if he is rich!!! he also wants to find out what his bone is from that he found yesterday, so we looked for a couple of books on bones.
Then we headed home. We were going to go out for the evening but everyone is grouchy and too hot as it was 32c today. So we are staying home. Busy day tomorrow so maybe its a good thing!
