The Butterfly Gardens

On Thursday, Evan had an after school playdate with his friend Abby from school. Yes, the same Abby I've talked about before that he likes to sit next to and hold her hands. It wasn't a "play" playdate per say, but rather an outing. We met Abby, her mom, and siblings at the butterfly gardens at MSU. We had never been there before so the kids were excited to go somewhere new. There was a sign posted that said due to the unusual cold weather in the south (where they get the butterflies from) over the winter, the butterfly supply was less that previous years. Here's some pictures from our afternoon outing.

The zebra butterfly we spotted right away.
Emmaline, Evan, & Abby going over the little bridge in the butterfly garden. They really had fun going back and forth over the bridge. It was just their size.
Going through the "jungle" that was in the butterfly garden.
Evan & Emmaline on the little bench. Once again just their size.
Em and Evan coming over the bridge, AGAIN!
There was one tree that had caterpillars on it. They were hard to find at first, but after some careful searching we spotted a few. Here's one of them.
Another pretty butterfly we saw.