OSU Botanic Garden ~Stillwater, OK

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We parked at the south entrance so we could take the walking path to the gardens.

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Sensory Garden

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I want an arbor of wisteria.

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This almost makes me want chickens.

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Just so I can take pictures of them in beautiful light.

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They have a little play house set up.

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He could not believe how dirty it was and started sweeping.

Why does he not have that same compulsion at home?

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They had window boxes filled with rocks that they could “plant” the fake flowers in.

Great idea!

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They have a little water table area but it was not turned on.

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This is the second time we have gone to this garden!

I think I would like to go again this summer when different plants are blooming.

You can find information on this beautiful place at their site, here.

Do you have a favorite garden to go to?

The Zoorassic Exhibit at the Tulsa Zoo

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Our local zoo is having a Zoorassic exhibit for the summer.

I was not sure about it since it costs extra but I told the boys we would try it out once.

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I liked the plaques filled with information about the dinosaurs.

I was shocked out how little evolution they put in.

It was a nice change for once to read just about the dinosaurs.

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The boys really enjoyed seeing all of these guys!

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They are all animated and makes noises.

I told the boys they needed to dial it down a bit before they scared some poor young child.

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It is hard to dial it down though when you are being spit at by a dinosaur.

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I am pretty sure the spitting one was their favorite.

Most people tried to rush by before they got sprayed while the boys waited and waited for it to go off.

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They really liked the baby dinosaurs as well!

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The T-rex was the last one.

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He was huge!

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I tried to have them go slow but they were so excited we were done before they knew it!

Since there was not really a crowd we backtracked and did it all again.

At $5 a person($4 with membership discount) it was a bit much for me but they really liked it.

I am glad we went back through though and really took our time the second time.

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Of course we checked out some other areas of the zoo while we were there.

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My oldest was my spotter for me.

Every time this guy would start his walk back towards me he would shout that he was coming so I could get this pic.

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They had never seen this stuff out before at the giraffe exhibit.

The boys really enjoyed getting to see and touch something new!

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I think they had it out because it was feeding time!

We had never seen them have feeding open to the public either!

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We did not actually feed them since it costs extra but we had fun watching for a while!

If you have a little dino fan I would recommend taking them through the exhibit while it is here this summer!

It might be a little intense for really small ones though.

I saw a couple rushing through while their daughter covered her ears.

She did not like all the noises they were making!