Friday night, we decorated Easter eggs. We boiled most of them, but Chuck wanted to try blowing out the yolks for hollow eggs. It worked fairly well, but it took some serious lung power.


The Easter Bunny came to the Pearsall's!





The Easter Bunny came to Grandma's, too!

The Easter Bunny visited for the third time at Papaw and Nana's! These girls are spoiled!

Kaleidoscope fun with Ella and Anna.

Saint Louis Day 4 - The Butterfly House and Home


The Butterfly House was pretty awesome. It was actually way more awesome than we predicted and we spent most of the day there. Inside the actual Butterfly Conservatory, it is a balmy 85 degrees and 70% humidity - needless to say, I was sweating bullets after about 10 minutes in there. We had to go out and back in just to cool down a little. There are about 1900 to 2000 butterflies in the conservatory, which basically means there are butterflies EVERYWHERE! Ella freaked out a couple of times because they touched her, but Chuck thought it was kind of cool when a couple of Blue Morphos landed on him.

Apparently my new favorite thing to do is take pictures of butterflies. They were just amazing, and catching one resting on a leaf or tree seemed like a special treat that just had to be captured. So, here are all of the butterflies I could capture. Unfortunately, there were several that I just couldn't get because they would not stop flying. I swear, I followed a black and red one around for 10 minutes before giving up on it landing. Enjoy - they truly are beautiful.

I've labeled the ones I can. If you know the names of the ones I don't, please let me know.

Possibly Sailor - Malaysia

Zebra Longwing - South Florida, Central and South America



Achilles Morpho - South America

Small Postman - Ecuador (The blur above the stationary butterfly is another butterfly.)
Small Postman - Ecuador


The Atlas Moth - Malaysia (Note: the only moth in the conservatory)




The Paper Kite - Malaysia/Philippines
Green Banded Peacock - Malaysia/Philippines (open)
Green Banded Peacock - Malaysia/Philippines (closed)
Sappho Longwing - Costa Rica
Common Blue Morpho (open it is blue, closed it is brown) - Costa Rica
Common Blue Morpho - Ella's favorite because it is featured on an episode of "Go, Diego, Go!"

Almost six minutes of butterflies. Round about the two minute mark is some entertaining footage of Ella. Enjoy!

Saint Louis Day 3 - The City Museum and Aunt Lisa, Bethany, and Baby Z

The City Museum was pretty cool, but a little too old for the girls. Anna and Daddy had fun on the rolly slide.
The architecture/art of The City Museum is amazing.

The biggest hit of the day - the ball pit.

Anna's favorite - a turtle! She even got to pet a few tortoises at the World Aquarium inside the City Museum.
Shortly after entering the City Museum, my camera battery died. It is annoying that way - going from full bars to zero in the blink of an eye. What I didn't get pictures of:
Painting
Cutting out snowflakes
Making clay sculptures
Making masks
Lots of animals at the aquarium
Lots of cool architecture/art - industrial, caves, a huge outdoor industrial playground

I saved the last bit of my camera battery to get a picture of Z, my cousin Bethany's baby. He is a doll and almost as big as Anna, but he is only 10 months!