I learned something new

Hannah had a Brownie outing at the Metro Park on their Monarch Day.
While there we got to do butterfly crafts, see a puppet show and even hold butterflies.
The exciting part was being able to hold a butterfly and see them close-up. At the end of the event, the Monarch Butterflies were all released to begin their journey.

I never knew that the Monarch Butterfly will migrate to Mexico beginning now and will arrive in Mexico around Thanksgiving and stay there for the winter and then cross over the border. They better watch out for Steve the Border Patrol agent! :-) They will lay eggs in Texas and then die. The new butterflies will then fly north for the summer. I never knew they lived that long or anything about them migrating.

Hannah took her friend with us on the excursion. Hannah at first was afraid that the butterfly would hurt her but eventually warmed up to letting it crawl on her. Parker seemed to like having the butterfly walk on him.


It was a neat learning experience and Hannah will also get to earn a Girl Scout Patch for it. The only sad part was that the butterfly we were given to release probably won't make the journey to Mexico, as he had a damaged wing.