Missouri Gardens

I purchased a membership to the Meijer Gardens last time we were in GR (since we practically live there 1/3 of the time!)  Happy accident - our MG membership gets us into the Missouri Botanical Gardens FREE!  Yay!  So, Taylor and I bundled up a bit and went to check it out this afternoon.  Happy accident #2 - the children's garden is free on Tuesdays!  Am I lucky, or what!  :-)  Would have been a completely free excursion except, on the way to the gardens, Taylor informed me - in song - that she had to potty.  I was so excited, I whipped off the interstate and found the nearest place that looked acceptable to take her.  It just happened to be Dairy Queen... we got ice cream!  Here are some pictures of our "almost" free trip to MBG!

No, there is nothing infesting the water - they dyed the fountain orange!