Anybody with children will tell you, this time of year is tough to get the kids good and worn out.  Cold weather makes it tough to be outside for long, and staying in the house for hours on end can get boring for everyone. To help combat this, my family visited Maymont Sunday.

Due to the cold, we limited our outside time to the Children’s Farm (the ever-hungry goats got the most of our attention) and walked from there to the Nature Center.  The kids had fun, the animals at the farm looked happy to see us and several other families and it was another great Maymont visit.  We loved the turtles and fish in the aquariums and had a blast with many of the center’s educational displays on the James River (see photo). The usually-spunky otters at the Nature Center were napping, but learned that they might have been tired from all the extra attention Saturday from the With Love From Your Significant Otter event, held by the Dooley Noted Society.

Phil Riggan
DiscoverRichmond.com

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