Our summer fun has begun! I told you we have tickets to almost every fun thing in Atlanta and we have already started using them. I hope you don’t mind if I show off our adventures. I’ve been thinking a lot about this post from The Nester about her kids’ 18 summers. I want to make sure this summer creates memories and shared experiences that will last forever.

You know, you don’t always have to do a Bible craft, watch a Bible video or tell a Bible story to communicate God’s Love to your kids. Just lovin’ on them does the same thing–hanging out with them, doing what they like and creating a fun family environment shows them Jesus in the flesh.

So, to kick off our Summer o’Fun {is that a great title or what?!} we took my niece to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. I don’t know if this is a common thing in other cities, but this giant garden is smack dab in the middle of downtown Atlanta. But when you step inside, you forget your are in the concrete jungle and are immersed into God’s huge garden!

There are tons of mini-gardens (the Southern Season was one of my faves!) for exploring and the kids loved this one with the waterfall best because they discovered mini snails at the water’s edge. I sat on a bench and watched them look at those snails for ages. I finally got up and said, “Can we keep moving?!” They were so totally into them!

The best part of the garden for the kids is the Children’s Garden. There was a dino-digging site, Peter Rabbit’s den, Mr. McGreggor’s Garden, a Native American garden, Grandma’s backporch garden, a frog pond, bumblebee hives and more. Peter Rabbit’s garden was their favorite and they pretended to be Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail the rest of the day! (Seriously, they even told another adult at lunch they were little bunnies.)

After the kids’ garden, we went to the Japanese Garden, the edible garden, the orchid house and even a tropical greenhouse. That was super cool because there animals inside, too.

It was so fun being surrounded by God’s beautiful, fragrant, delicious, exotic and awesome creations! We had a blast looking at everything and experiencing it close up ourselves.

If you have a big botanical-type garden in your city, you must go visit it! If you’re in Atlanta, or close to it, the Atlanta Botanical Garden is a must-see!

Have you ever been to a big garden before?

disclosure: I was provided with the tickets to the ABG as a member of the media.

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