Butterflies!!!!

I drove for Gavin's field trip to the Fredrick Meijer Gardens.  I had the sweetest 3 boys in my car...it was so fun to hear them chattering away.  When we got the gardens we first learned about the changes the butterfly goes through - it's metamorphosis- the kids made a craft to remind them of the 4 stages. 

When then walked through part of the indoor garden to get to the conservatory where the majority of the butterflies are.  On the way we stopped to look for Monarch caterpillars and the chrysalis that they make. 

We made it to the conservatory where there were tons of butterflies!  Lots flitting around and even more feeding tat the feeding stations.  Spencer (in the red stripe), Silas (in the orange) and Gavin (in the yellow and blue stripe) were good really good at spotting the butterflies...we didn't have near enough time for those three!

Out of the conservatory getting ready to head back to school....comparing with other groups and what they saw!