This year instead of a vacation, we decided to take Carli on various day trips. One of those trips was the Butterfly Farm in High Point. Carli has always seemed to enjoy butterflies, so we thought she might like to go. It was a wonderful, but hot, time!
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| Carli as a caterpillar |
First we sat in a group to listen to the director tell the stages of a Monarch butterfly. She had the cutest props and used several of the kids in the crowd to to tell about Monarchs. She talked not only of the stages, but of the food they eat and how they defend themselves. Carli did pretty good for a bit and then got a little board.
When the story was over, we had to wait our turn to go into the habitat. While we waited, there were several toys out for the kids to play with. The mister was also on. This was Carli's favorite part. She played in there so long, she looked like she had taken a bath! But at least she was cool.
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| Playing in the mister |
Finally it was our turn to go into the habitat. Carli was so excited. We had talked several times about not touching the butterflies, but letting them come to her. We were given cotton swabs with sugar water on them to hold out to the butterflies. We helped Carli to get one on her swab. She held it carefully, watching it. She even set it down and gave it a kiss. She even noticed the butterflies has polka dots all over their bodies! She was a happy little girl when we left!
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| various stages of a chrysalis |
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| watching it eat carefully (can you see the long tongue) |
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| kissing her butterfly goodbye |
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