We heard about this fabulous little butterfly house, so we went one day to check it out. Annie was in complete heaven for a good hour and would have to loved to stay longer if Emily wasn't DONE.
It was the most amazing thing! Kids (and adults) can carry around little Q-tips with sugar water on them and feed the butterflies.
Grandma and Grandpa
Maas came to visit when we'd been here a few weeks 'on the way home' from Minnesota. We had the most beautiful weather and basically lived outside! One morning I was teaching preschool, so they took Emily shopping. She was thrilled to not have to complete for attention!
This was just a few days after we discovered the Butterfly place, so we showed it to Grandma and Grandpa also. (We took Ben back the next week as he was a bit disgruntled not to have been included TWICE. With him we found a little hiking trail and spent most of a Saturday afternoon exploring.) They brought the girls butterfly shirts that are black and white inside the house, but the colors show up in the sun. VERY cool!
Grandma kept Emily occupied, so Annie was able to sit and catch her butterflies without a 2 year old scaring them away!
Oh, the intense concentration on this face!
Emily also learned to ride her bike while they were here. Grandma
Maas was patient enough to walk along and help her turn her little legs over and over and over.
Ben lost his first tooth the second day of school and we pull his second a few days before Grandma
and Grandpa came. As my camera was MIA, Grandpa took a picture for us!
Ben got a scooter and Annie got a bike for their birthdays this year. We live on a quiet
dead end street with no sidewalks and a little bit of a hill, so they LOVE to just ride up and down over and over.
Here is happy, independent EMILY!
It was the most amazing thing! Kids (and adults) can carry around little Q-tips with sugar water on them and feed the butterflies. 
Grandma and Grandpa Maas came to visit when we'd been here a few weeks 'on the way home' from Minnesota. We had the most beautiful weather and basically lived outside! One morning I was teaching preschool, so they took Emily shopping. She was thrilled to not have to complete for attention!
This was just a few days after we discovered the Butterfly place, so we showed it to Grandma and Grandpa also. (We took Ben back the next week as he was a bit disgruntled not to have been included TWICE. With him we found a little hiking trail and spent most of a Saturday afternoon exploring.) They brought the girls butterfly shirts that are black and white inside the house, but the colors show up in the sun. VERY cool!
Grandma kept Emily occupied, so Annie was able to sit and catch her butterflies without a 2 year old scaring them away!
Oh, the intense concentration on this face!
Emily also learned to ride her bike while they were here. Grandma Maas was patient enough to walk along and help her turn her little legs over and over and over.
Ben lost his first tooth the second day of school and we pull his second a few days before Grandma and Grandpa came. As my camera was MIA, Grandpa took a picture for us!
Ben got a scooter and Annie got a bike for their birthdays this year. We live on a quiet dead end street with no sidewalks and a little bit of a hill, so they LOVE to just ride up and down over and over.
Here is happy, independent EMILY!
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