Butterfly Pavilion & Colorado Symphony

This week was a busy week for us with two homeschool field trips.

Butterfly Pavilion

The first trip was with our Options group to the Butterfly Pavilion on Tuesday. This trip started with a 45 minute “class” about the different types of invertebrates, which included some live invertebrates that the kids were able to observe up close and/or touch, including a huge Madagascar Hissing Beetle, a hermit crab, a millipede and tarantula named “Rosie”.

Having been to the Butterfly Pavilion one time previously, we knew that they had a tarantula named Rosie that you were allowed to hold. At our class, we discovered that they actually have up to 100 tarantulas with the same name so that they can take turns being part of the exhibit and being held. (This particular type of tarantula is also more laid-back than some other species.) We also learned that the females can live up to 25 years!

After the class, we were able to proceed on a self-guided tour of the facility.

We started out in the insect/arachnid room. After admiring all of the various bugs, Adrianna surprised me by asking to hold Rosie. My brave girl!

We then headed toward the butterfly room. The butterfly room is fun because they are flying around loose in the room with you. Bree was very excited to see all the butterflies. We had talked about butterflies before while reading some of her books, so she knew what they were. She kept pointing out each one she spotted, saying “Fie. Fie!”

Adrianna was excited that some of her friends, Audrey and Laura, were on the field trip. Audrey and Laura are friends from both Options and our Pneuma group. They had a lot of fun exploring the Pavilion together.

We ended the trip with some time spent in the play area. Bree ran around the play area and was having so much fun that I had a hard time getting her to leave when playtime was up. Adrianna went on the zip line and she and her friends also played in a maze, pretending to be hiding from a wasp. We also enjoyed looking around the gift shop.

Colorado Symphony

On Wednesday, we had a field trip to see the Colorado Symphony with our Pneuma group. (Our homeschool support group.)

I knew that Bree would not sit still for a concert so we had arranged for her to spend the day at Janette’s. Greg was able to take the morning off to attend with Adrianna and I, so it was a nice little “date” with the three of us. Adrianna wore a pretty burgundy velvet dress that had been mine when I was young. She was very excited to sit with her friend Aubriana during the concert. Unfortunately, she couldn’t keep from talking during the concert though, so I had to split them up and she sat with us for the remainder of the time.

After the symphony, we took her out for lunch. Her choice: McDonalds.

Sadly, I didn’t get around to taking any pictures of our time at the symphony.

When I picked up Bree from Janette’s, Bree shared a new word with me: “Neh-nee” (The kids call Janette “Netty”.)