Early Spring Visit, Part II – Out Of Their Minds Design

We decided to hop in the car and go to Meijer Gardens to check out the butterflies… See this image larger.

See, Ian’s younger thus he’s still earning his wings. See this image larger.

Ian was short on patience and thus so was I. He didn’t do TOO bad, but he didn’t do very well either. Even compared to this trip, though, in the last several weeks I’ve witnessed him gaining control of himself. (Curiously at this phase it looks very strange because one moment he’s blowing a fit, the next he regains his composure… little side story here — yesterday morning he didn’t want his shirt on and threw a tantrum; eventually I gave up and went to check on email, a few moments later I heard Ian’s voice from the top of the steps: “I want to be a good listener, Daddy.” Talk about a heart-breaker!) See this image larger.

This kind of looks James Dean like to me.See this image larger.

Look at all those smiles! Thanks for coming with us guys!See this image larger.

This was the best of about 20 shots, Nina’s really thinking about something.See this image larger.

Mysterious fountain ball thing.See this image larger.

Ah my beautiful wife. So pretty! See this image larger.

We took a brief spin around the outside garden area… Ian took the kid’s entrance, as usual! See this image larger.

This was good for him, he needed to burn off some energy and got in a much better mood. (Until he saw the gift shop.) See this image larger.

Thanks for the visit, Grandma Marcia and Grampa Dave! See you again soon!