Geneva Botanical Garden

Yesterday, James and I went to the Jardin Botanique de Geneve. It was the most amazingly beautiful day ever. This reminds me of the grass that Emily has growing in front of her house only it is gigantic. It must have been like 12 feet tall, at least. We left the hotel after James nap and made it to the garden by about 2:15 pm. We met Harmony and kids and had a blast. We rode the Carousel (we were on the second level in a lion). James just squealed with delight when the ride started and he could see everything moving around him. After the ride he made friends with a group of older people visiting from a home. He was really a charmer and was just giving out lots of smiles and laughs. He truly loves, loves, loves attention. And that may be an understatement. We always like to spread a little cheer when we can.Then we walked around the garden a bit. It is way huge and we hardly made a dent in it but it is open year round so we will totally have to go back again and again. Oh, and did I mention that it is totally free? Super! Anyway, we saw some birds and then we went walking to see the rest of the animals and found a tiny little fountain that has driking water.As soon as Harmony took a drink James just started laughing like crazy. For some reason it was totally hilarious to him when people played with or drank the water. He laughed for like 10 minutes straight. It was great. This picture is right by the fountain. James with Harmony's kids, Cado & Paisley.Then we did finally make it to see the animals. They have a huge area with more birds (like Flamingos and Peacocks) and deer and goats. James thought it was quite nice to sit in his stroller and watch them. This is looking back from the animals toward the carousel in the background. Beautiful!Then we went and sat in the shade of a big tree for a while and let the kids play. James, I hope, is starting to understand that grass is not for eating. He even crawled some more. Oh, and crawling is mostly reserved to grass at this point. He resorts to army crawling in most other situations. All in all it was a great day!James had lots of fun and was totally kept entertained by Harmony's kids. It was very relaxing, except for dragging the stroller up and down stairs on the bus there and back. If you are ever in Geneva, I totally recommend the Jardin Botanique de Geneve. We were also there on Monday and that day was fun too but James choked on a leaf, ate lots of dirt and grass. See him trying the dirt? Silly Bimmy.It was still fun. Oh, and he "accidentally" bit my friend Jennie's little boy. Oops. Now I am extra careful to make sure kids keep their fingers to themselves. It was a bit funny only cuz it reminded me of the Charlie clip from YouTube. If you haven't seen it then search for Charlie and you should find the clip. Quite amusing.