Herding Cats to see Blooming Lilacs

My friend Michele and I wanted to see the Arnold Arboretum's lilac collection. Surely our 18 month old girls also would enjoy visiting the lilacs! No, not really. Sophia and Frances were interested in collecting magnolia blooms and rocks, then Frances got distracted tracking birds. She was impressively determined.

Come back, Tracker Frances!

We got back on the right track, only to decide we needed a snack.


I love this picture because it's so them: Frances is drinking water (rather than consuming calories like she should be), Sophia is eating (she's got a few pounds on Frances even though they're almost exactly the same age), and Michele is doing something on her phone (she's a working mom - insanity). So them.

Michele and I gave up on the girls walking themselves to the lilacs and ended up giving them a ride. We eventually made our way to the lilacs - white, purple and dark purple.

The whole hillside was covered in lilac bushes, but Frances found one she liked and set up camp.

And the whole time Frances was under the lilac bush, Sophia was doing her own thing on the path.

Herding cats, I'm saying, but a great way to spend the morning.