Butterfly Gardens 2011

This weekend we combated the gloomy doldrums of winter by visiting the beautiful butterflies at Meijer Gardens. I love walking into the exhibit because it's like a mini-oasis. Warm, tropical and beautiful. I even learned how to (hopefully) keep an orchid plant alive from a helpful volunteer.
We ditched the stroller and the girls had a chance to roam free (well almost) and explore the gardens.







I think I need to start being a little friendlier to the creepy crawlies. We came across a butterfly on the walkway and the girls were a little bit frigthened of them.




I tried to get a photo of the girls sitting on the rocks. Didn't work out so well, Maddy did point out some pretty leaves to me though.





Thank you butterflies for beautifying our weekend :)