Butterfly Wonderland!

Having a day off in the middle of the week is something I am not used to and I wanted to do something amazing with it. Veterans Day was on a Tuesday this year. I asked my little man what he wanted to do. I suggested the zoo. "No". Maybe we could go to the mall. "No." Then I remembered this great place he went with his grandparents- Butterfly Wonderland. "YES!"

There is a room full of butterflies of every color flying all around. It's a misty, warm, outdoor-type area filled with flowers. We loved seeing all the different types of butterflies and trying to find them amongst the foliage. 

We had to be careful not to step on any butterflies. Somebody was a little wound up and had a hard time walking slowly. We didn't stay long in that room, but we did go back a second time after a snack.

There is also a pond with some really big fish. He loves watching fish!

There is another room with ants and bees. The bees have a tunnel that goes outside. It was really cool watching bees take off and fly away and then other bees flying in and walking along the tunnel to the hive. Bees pretty much freak me out, especially since I'm allergic. However, I think it's important to not pass on fears to your children, so I acted very brave and showed him how cool these insects are. Plus, there was a pretty solid piece of glass between me and their stingers. 

They also have a small room with aquariums and even a pool where you can touch sting rays! He was too antsy to wait for the sting rays to come swim by his fingers, but he enjoyed checking out the tanks of fish.

Of course we had to visit the gift shop!  It takes a lot of self control not to buy a bunch of stuff for this little cutie. I do like to find one thing that he will actually use or play with. We settled on a stained glass coloring book. He's already done a few pages with markers. I want him to try using watercolors next.

I would have loved to take more pictures of the butterflies, but it's hard to keep my eye on the camera and a bouncy little 3 year-old. 

Some of the things I did not get pictures of are the 3D movie, the room with butterflies just emerging from their chrysalises, and the cafe. I recommend Butterfly Wonderland to anyone! We had a great day!

~Me and my Hunny Bunny