Phipps

It is RADical days again. Which means free entrances into various Pittsburgh attractions... such as Phipps Conservatory. 

We went last year and were excited to go again. There was actually a rather large group of us that meet up together to go, but the crowds were so overwhelming that we just ended up going around on our own. I decided to forgo the stroller because I knew it was going to be crowded. Abby LOVED it! Me... not so much, she was one little busy body. Constantly running away from me, Sarah on the other hand was so well behaved. She is really getting better about listening and I was so grateful. I had my hands more than full with Abby. 

Anyway... on with the show...er, pictures. 

WARNING: There aren't that many "good" pictures. Abby would book it at every turn, 

so I only had time to snap a photo here and there and not look to see how any turned out. Who cares though, right? 

This is a cool little pond. There is a set of controls for turning on sprayers, like out of the mouths of the fish in the water, you can see one stream hitting the buildings.

Abby taking a breather to look at the exhibit. 

Sarah posing for mom. :)

Whenever I would let go of Abby's hands she would run right for the dirt and rocks... ugh!

Say "Cheese!"

Abby loved the gargoyles. She would run up to them and say hi and give them quick hugs. 

They had this cool little hobbit house in a tree stump (not real) and Sarah loved playing in it... for. e.ver.

It was okay, because while she was in there Abby was...

Running back and forth on this little stone path...

and across this bridge. Over, and over, and over again. 

They had these long vines hanging down and they were very fragrant.

I had Sarah to go and smell them. 

Hehehe...

We had a really good time. I'm glad that we went. 

Plenty of fun memories to cherish.