Our class went to Pendleton's Butterfly Garden and Pumpkin Patch. First we got to look in the butterfly garden. We got to see monarch butterflies and swallowtail butterflies. There were also caterpillars. There was a chrysalis that was about to hatch at any time. We learned many facts about butterflies. We learned that you cannot touch a butterfly that is hatching from a chrysalis. It will freeze in its spot. Male butterflies have scent spots on their wings. If a monarch butterfly is born in the summer it only lives for 2 weeks. If it is born in the fall it lives for 6 months so it can migrate to Mexico.
Walker and Elijah helped release a tagged butterfly. Elijah put it on Walker's head so it could warm up its wings. It stayed for awhile on his head and then flew off to Mexico.
We ate lunch while we were there. After lunch we got to play. They had a corn bath, a pumpkin slingshot, a no left turn maze, and a tricycle track. Lots of us had corn in our clothes from the corn bath.
After playing we went to the pumpkin patch and we each got to pick the perfect pumpkin for us!
We wished we could stay forever but we had to go back to school. We had an awesome day!
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