Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House

We had a visitor! It was very exciting!  So exciting that it really shouldn't have taken me a month and a half to blog about it, but better late than never... My sister, Amy, came to see us in March. We had lots of fun just having her around, but, of course, we fit in a couple adventures as well.

Amy, Ethan and I spent a morning at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House. It's a been awhile since I've been to the Butterfly House, so I'm glad Amy wanted to go.

We watched a short movie and checked out some insects of the non-butterfly variety before heading into the butterfly conservatory.

There are butterflies everywhere, but they are so hard to get pictures of. In March they release extra Blue Morpho butterflies, so we saw lots of beautiful blue butterflies, even if we don't have great pictures to prove it.

Ethan was a good sport. He posed for lots of pictures and stood very still so a butterfly might land on him. We had to settle for taking a picture next to a butterfly instead.

I didn't post most of the pictures, but Ethan started to look the same in all of them, so we changed things up with a little silliness.

The Butterfly House is located in Faust Park, which is also home to the Faust Park Carousel. This is one of the few places we pay to ride the carousel (but maybe that's because it use to be cheaper?).

We're so glad Aunt Amy came to see us. And since we went to the Botanical Gardens while she was here, too, I ended up buying a membership (covers both the Butterfly House and the Botanical Gardens) and we should be visiting the Butterfly House again soon.