Since the long-anticipated butterflies have arrived at Frederik Meijer Gardens there was a special member's event that we attended last night along with Shawn, Erin and Owen. Overall the event was filled with lots of kid-fun like crafts, photo ops, tattoos, music and snacks and for each activity they completed they got their butterfly pass stamped. When the butterfly passes were full we handed them in and got some stickers! The biggest surprise of the night was that Joshua loved Flutter (the butterfly mascot) this year and hugged the butterfly multiple times during the evening (last year he was scared)! The big disappointment of the night is that there weren't a ton of butterflies out, nor were the ones that were out were not very active. The Butterfly Bungalow was filled with cocoons and chrysalis' so I'm sure in the coming weeks this will change. We found out that they haven't even received the cocoons for the African Moon Moth, which is their featured butterfly this year - what a bummer. We had a great time regardless! I promised Joshua that we will try to visit the butterflies at least once a week until they are gone since this is favorite thing at the Gardens; so if anyone wants to join us for a morning with the butterflies you are more than welcome!
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