My Big Backyard

I mentioned in Lilliana's 20 month post about a visit to My Big Backyard. It is a fabulous new children's exhibit here in Memphis. It cost's $5.00 for adults to get in and $2.00 for children 3 and over which is such a steal for all there is to do. Of course, like most parks, there is the option to become a member but for now we are just going to stick to visiting on a regular basis. We had a wonderful day filled with sunshine and clear skies. It helped a ton that it includes a water feature. We were there for more than 2 hours and still were unable to see everything. Here is a snippet of what all in included, such a great day.



Our first stop was at Rain Drop Stop, so much fun. There are umbrellas for the kids to use and it periodically "rains" with the sounds of thunder just before the rain starts. It starts with a fine mist and then becomes a full out downpour. So much fun!!





There is also a little river that is connected to the rain drop stop area with a little boat and rocks to climb on. I was surprised Lilliana wasn't afraid to get in but she was such a big girl. She had a great time playing and splashing with Joshua, I decided to go ahead and put on her swimsuit about 5 minutes after arriving since she was so fearless. Good thing we were prepared!!



Already time for a snack break, I swear this kid may look like her Daddy but she is JUST like her Mama!! She eats about 6 times a day, good for her girlish figure I must say :)



Playing in the "House of Rock". She had a blast, there were all sorts of tin pie plates and windchimes on the walls with drum sticks in a little bucket for them to play with. She loved beating on all the tin and laughing as she would make the loud noises. There was a bigger boy in there when we first arrived and Lilliana wasn't as big of a fan of all the noise he was making, we decided just to wait until he had left to give it a try.







One of the other little house, can't remember what this one was called but it was open on the back with a chalkboard all around it. Lilliana loves to play with chalk so this was right up her alley. There was also a little clothesline in the back with clothes and clothes pins to use and a wash bucket to pretend to wash and dry clothes. Just what a little lady needs, one day she will not have fun doing all those wife and Mom duties!



Lilliana in the "House of Sticks". It was so neat, the whole thing was made of sticks and there were wood bowls and serving pieces inside with a little wooden table. Lilliana was sweeping the floors and serving me a home-cooked meal in no time!