Butterflies

Our MOPS group had an outing to the Butterfly Gardens on Wednesday.  I went a couple of years ago with some of the same ladies.  It is crazy how much things have changed since then.  We have each added another child to our families.   I guess that's basically one change. 

  

Before you enter the greenhouse, the workers show you some of the caterpillars and cocoons.  Can you find the caterpillar?

This is a good chunk of the kiddos with us on the butterfly bench.  

The garden was filled with beautiful flowers (as most gardens are).

The kids had a great time running around finding all kinds of butterflies.  

Here is the allusive Atlas Moth.  Really I don't know if he is allusive, but he is gigantic.  Think, the size of your whole hand.  He was even furry.   

The beloved Monarch.

Oliver was a pretty good little fellow for most of the time.  But, towards the end, he wasn't feeling the whole butterfly thing anymore.  One even landed on him and all he wanted to do was squish it.  That butterfly doesn't even know how close it came to certain death.

Of course, Madeline was there to comfort her little brother.  

Madeline's buddy, the Butterfly Murderer.  But, we still like her lots!

All the girls needed to rest their feet after a while.  We took their hints and headed to Cici's Pizza for a yummy lunch.  

Check out our MOPS blog for more pictures of the day.