Butterflies

It has been a butterfly week around here.  As a homeschool mom, I'm always on the prowl for opportunities to add FUN learning into our lives. 

On Sunday I printed several butterfly coloring pages and life cycle worksheets for Tikvah and the Little Princesses.  We talked butterflies, we signed butterflies (we are learning sign language around here since both girls have severe speech issues), we THOUGHT we communicated that we were going to see a BIG butterfly movie.  Everyone seemed so excited about it! 

On our way to the theater Jen started crying (as usual) because she thought we were going to the doctor.  NO IDEA WHY she is terrified of the doctor.  We finally arrived, handed her a brochure with an ad for the butterfly movie and thought she understood.  We purchased our tickets. Everyone was happy again and seemingly excited to see the movie. 

The minute we walked through the door and sat down Abigail started fussing.  Why?  I have no idea.  Ethan took her into the hallway hoping to bring her back in once the movie began. The lights went out and Jen's screaming turned on.  Well ...Tikvah and I enjoyed the butterfly movie by ourselves. Note to self:  When we try a movie again, don't bring them in until it has started so they can SEE what a movie is all about.  I think they would have enjoyed it had they given it a chance.  Forty-five minutes later when the movie was over, we stopped at the conservatory with a picnic dinner.  The girls sat on the butterfly bench and had the opportunity to get a little acquainted with the outside of the place. This was strategic on our part.

Today we took an adult daughter to the airport downtown then went back to the conservatory hoping to go into their live butterfly area in the gardens.  I was a little nervous that the word "butterfly" would send them into another panic.  While the ride over there did set Jen off (someone tell me why she is so terrified of doctors, please?) they both loved seeing the real butterflies!

A butterfly landed on our paper flower so we were able to get a good look at it!

Jen with a friend and a butterfly

Tikvah tried for a long time to coax this brilliant blue butterfly into landing.

Tikvah with friends and butterflies

The name of our game these days seems to be "Flexible".  We continue to expose our Little Princesses to the wide world around them realizing that sometimes it will be too scary or stimulating to succeed.  Today was a success!