Afternoon in the Botanical Gardens at UAF

Family time at UAF Botanical Gardens. Beautiful blue skies and warm fall weather make the perfect day for a little hiking and some exploring. Slater crawled in the creek bed, checked out the reindeer, rode on a tractor, climbed on building materials, and went up his first tree. Climbing trees are sort of rare in Alaska. Jade also enjoyed the day and got to hang out in the tree as well.
For anyone who has boys, you will understand that they play house in a different way. This little log cabin came with a mini barrel stove, a table and two chairs. Slater didn't think that there was enough space for all that stuff and quickly pitched the chairs out the window, after that he was done with the place and exited in the same fashion as the chairs. The barrel stove and table were only safe because they were attached to the floor.
This smiling face and wild spirit are what makes parenthood grand. He was having the best time exploring these two choke-cherry trees, it was enough to make his dad join him.