Labor Day happened to be the last day the Butterfly House was scheduled to be open. Unfortunately many of the butterflies weren't in flight yet because their wings were still wet from the dew. Harper was still able to enjoy the late summer flowers and bugs, which she enthusiastically pointed out to us.
There were many huge caterpillars in the Butterfly House, which were right at Harper's eye level. And we did find at least one winged friend for her to say hello to. I'm not sure, but it might have been a moth? No worries, it still looked like a "buseye" to Harper.
As much as Harper enjoyed the bugs, "sours," and "buseyes," her favorite part was the little waterfall.
Oh yes, it looks like we perched our baby precariously on the edge of a rock above running water, but it's all about camera angles. Matt was only inches away.
Harper was very happy from her rocky perch. Matt made some joke about getting in the water and it was all we could do to keep her from jumping in. She was all set to take her shoes off and go swimming. Harper was not at all happy when we walked away from that area.
After the arboretum, we headed up to Alter High School for AlterFest. We bought a string of tickets, let the high school kids ooh and aah while Harper cheated at carnival games, and came home with an armful of lovely prizes (read: junk). Most of the games involved Harper throwing things, so she was quite happy. Next year she'll be more aware and we'll likely have to stand in line for an hour to let her ride a motorized elephant or strawberry or some other nonsense. We thought about getting in line for a ride this time, and then we remembered that Harper is totally unaware of the fact that she could possible get on those things! Having a child who is only nearing age two does have some advantages.
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What a great picture of Matt and Harper! Such a cute family...but where are you? Mom got stuck holding the camera again? Happens in our family too :)
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