Some Owl Butterflies eating bananas.
Can you see the butterflies eating the hanging banana?
Another Owl Butterfly.
The Paper Kite
Common Blue Morpho
Shane
Two Thoas Swallowtail butterflies.
The Scarlet Mormon taking flight.
Common Blue Morpho
The miracle of metamorphosis of butterflies emerging from their chrysalis.
On March 7th, I took the children to the Butterfly House in Chesterfield, Missouri. This was Shane's Christmas Trip. They have nearly 2,000 butterflies in free flight. As many of 80 species and 150 tropical plant species are on exhibit in a three-story glass conservatory. It must have been 100% humidity in the Butterfly House the day we visited. Ugh!! It was very educational. Did you know that butterflies only live about 6-8 weeks? At the end of the tour, I let Shane pick out some souvenirs at the gift shop.
Then we ran over to the park for a carousel ride. That was fun!! The carousel was from the 1920's. You got to love vintage stuff. Sorry there are no pictures to share of the carousel ride.
Before we headed back home, we stopped at Trader Joe's to do some shopping. I sure miss shopping there.
Merry Christmas Shane, Love Mommy & Daddy
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