Right before school started we went for one last adventure with our friends The Furstenau's. The Butterfly Exhibit at Powell Gardens was our destination. First we saw all of the butterfly's that were native to this area and then we went into the tent with all of the Tropical Butterfly's. The colors were amazing. The kids had sheets with all of the different butterfly's on them so that when they spotted one they could see the name of it.
The kids got to choose one thing to do that cost extra money. Most of the kids chose to have their faces painted.
The artist did such a great job.
Cardon chose to paint a pot. When we got ready to leave he got to pick a flower to put in it. It looks beautiful on our back patio.
Next we visited the craft tent. The kids all decorated antennae to wear while..............
Jace learned all about the parts of the butterfly--my future scientist!!!!
When we went to the tent wear you could hold butterfly's some were coming out of their cocoon. It was soooo cool to see.
We all got to hold the butterfly's--that is-- all but Jace. He just kept telling me that they were "scary" -except he can't say his "R's" so it was really cute whenever he said it.
Cardon chose to paint a pot. When we got ready to leave he got to pick a flower to put in it. It looks beautiful on our back patio.Next we visited the craft tent. The kids all decorated antennae to wear while..............Jace learned all about the parts of the butterfly--my future scientist!!!!When we went to the tent wear you could hold butterfly's some were coming out of their cocoon. It was soooo cool to see.We all got to hold the butterfly's--that is-- all but Jace. He just kept telling me that they were "scary" -except he can't say his "R's" so it was really cute whenever he said it.
None of us had ever held a butterfly before. It was really amazing to see them up so close.
Then we got to go out and catch insects. Amelia didn't catch anything but she had fun trying.
Cardon was really fast.
He caught quite a few little critters.
Jace tried and tried but couldn't catch anything. He came over to me crying the saddest, most pitiful cry. The guy over the station couldn't stand it so he pulled a butterfly out of his net of collected insects and put it in Jace's net. It was a sweet gesture but Jace just knew he didn't catch that butterfly. Better luck next year, big guy!
We had such a fun day and ended it by running through the fountains. It was a perfect ending to a perfectly fun summer!
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Powell Gardens is an awesome place! Wish we could've worked out our schedules better that last week so we could've all gone up together! Yay for summer and all that good stuff!
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