Field trip to the Butterfly Pavilion

This past weekend I found something at an estate sale for which I've been searching for FIVE years! But that will have to wait because it's rainy and gloomy today so I can't get good photos. In the meantime, I do have some pretty photos to share.

Last week Maren's class went on a field trip to the Butterfly Pavilion. It's way across town so we've never been before, and I wasn't sure what to expect. The highlight of the facility is the tropical room, which is full of amazing tropical flora and butterflies everywhere! I've never been anywhere like it; there were huge butterflies on every surface and even more flapping above our heads.

It was a great place to try out the macro settings on my camera! The butterflies were nice and big and most were very cooperative and held still while I was trying to photograph them. :)

Porter went with us. The humidity in the tropical conservatory made his frowsy, no-bath hair curl right up and gave me a reminder of what we'll be dealing with in Florida next week!

I'm planning like a madwoman for our trip. The last time we went to Disney World was in 2004 and we didn't have kids, so this is almost like going again for the first time because we have a whole new set of considerations. One week from right now, we'll be on the plane headed to sunny Florida!