{"id":22568,"date":"2018-03-14T11:59:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T18:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/?p=22568"},"modified":"2018-08-04T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T19:00:18","slug":"year-7-week-21-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/2018\/03\/14\/year-7-week-21-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 7 – Week 21 – Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

We didn’t get enough bugs on Sunday, so we decided to try Butterfly Wonderland. Going right when they open on a weekday was the key. For about 15 minutes, we had the place to ourselves.
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The discovered the koi pond
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The koi were very “talkative”
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This is how we like it! No people!
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We learned the koi were so friendly because they were begging. An employee came around and gave the boys a handful of koi-chow.
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Bubbles of thanks
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It made Trevor’s day when he found a potato bug on the sidewalk and he was able to rescue it
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The have more than butterflies on display
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Silly grasshoppers
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There is a nice large reptile and amphibian exhibit that was added since we visited the last time.
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We had to do another round through the butterfly atrium.
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Trevor looked right as the one on Brendan’s shoulder flew off
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Butter hat!
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Cuties!
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The very serious caterpillar
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Trevor found a hat to match his shirt!
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We ended up getting the annual pass for the butterflies. It will be nice to go back a lot during cooler weather. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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