Last Sunday, Miles and I had the opportunity to visit
Wings of Paradise with Grandma.
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I could see how Miles has changed since our last visit there. I could tell that he could more easily see the butterflies flying around him, that between the heat and the missed nap that he can really look bored sometimes (LOL), and that he really likes gazing at pretty, young girls. Oh well!
This was a special event put on by a local real estate agent that Grandma deals with a lot
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at work, so the conservatory employees made a special point to bring around different insects for patrons to see. One girl brought around some kind of horned caterpillar (sorry, I can't recall it's proper name). I asked her if she could hold it close to Miles so that he could see it and possibly touch it. Yeah, he touched it alright. In fact, he grabbed it with his whole fist. Tried to sqeeze its head off, I think. Who can blame him? Look how big and juicy that thing is! Silly Mommy to think he'd just gingerly reach out a little baby finger to touch it gently. Doh!
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Grandma thought it was pretty funny how Miles seemed to be more interested in tasting his shoes than in seeing all of the different butterflies flying around. He'll enjoy the butterflies more when he's older and less interested in shoving everything he can find into his mouth.
We have many more visits to the butterfly conservatory ahead of us. Heck, I've got a whole sheet full of butterfly stickers to use up on calendars and journals and such! I'm really looking forward to taking him there in the winter when it's freezing cold outside and tropical warm in the greenhouse. Mmm, that will feel good!
If you haven't been to Wings of Paradise yet, you should go. I recommend it!
(Of course now that I've figured out how to add pictures to my blog messages, they finally get "Blogger Images" working...now it's super easy!)