We took a trip up to the Butterfly Garden in Gainesville today. The McDonald Family and The Windham Family went as well. MawMaw (Craig's mom) also came. The kids had a blast using their magnifying glasses to search for butterflies. We saw some gorgeous butterflies, I think my favorite was the Blue Morpho. Connor says his favorite was the Monarch. I learned something neat today, Monarches and Queens are toxic to birds. Caroline looked so . . . cute carrying around her magnifying glass, she didn't know how to use it so she held it so close to her face. She was sporting some cute butterfly sandals and Josie had an adorable butterfly tank top and Connor had a caterpillar shirt on. All the kids looked fantastic in their theme related garb.
We stayed around for the butterfly release. That was interesting. A staff member brought out a metal cage that held about 10-15 butterflies. When she opened it most of them flew out but a few stuck around long enough for her to talk about.
We also got to see a display of the other stages of the life cycle of the butterfly. Connor says that was his favorite part of the day. He loved looking at the chryalis'. It was really neat.
The museum was nice too. I want to bring Connor back when we can spend more time. The boy has a gazillion questions to ask and I want to be able to explore more.
We bought a plant on the way out of the museum to aide in the attraction of butterflies to our own garden. I've been planting seeds of flowers that are suppose to attract butterflies so we'll see if it works.
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Our family had so much fun! Jake loved the play place at the mall the most! He kept talking about being in the "tunnel" with Caroline. It was really the bridge. Anywho, we enjoyed ourselves. Thanks for planning it! :)
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