Sunday, January 19, 2014

Butterfly Wonderland

I think it was the week before Christmas we had a little family outing at a Butterfly place on the Indian Reserve. It boasted having the largest butterfly atrium. I am really at a loss for choosing the best words for telling this story so please forgive me.

We started out with watching a 3D movie about Monarch butterflies and the adventure they go through during their migration. It takes three generations of the butterfly to complete the migration with the last generation being a "super" butterfly that lives and flies longer than the first two generations. It was rather fascinating to watch. During the movie, the two little girlies got out of their seats trying to "catch" a butterfly. That was also fascinating, and quite entertaining.

After the movie we walked into a room with hundreds of cocoons and several different butterfly species. We stayed a while in there and were able to see a few butterflies hatch along with seeing some drying their wings. That was amazing as well.

The last leg was an area where you could walk around and be with the butterflies. I thought Leia would love this part, especially since every night she thanks Heavenly father for butterflies. Instead, she was incredibly nervous and towards the end had a major freak out when a butterfly tried to land on her. Other than that freak out and a few Audrey had, it was quite relaxing to be there listening to the mellow music and just enjoy looking at all the beautiful butterflies. Even Jonathan liked it so much he wants to go back someday.

 Right before the movie started.
 A shot of when we first walked into the butterfly atrium.

 Ella next to a Monarch butterfly.


 These two girlies started to have meltdowns so I took them aside and tried to calm them down.
 Jonathan with a butterfly on his head.
Ella spent a LONG time on that bench sitting still and waiting for a butterfly to land on her. Her patience paid off and at one time two were hanging out with her.