Bugs Galore!

Last Friday Jordan finished his second-to-last semester of nurse anesthesia school! He turned in lots and lots and lots of work, and then we headed to New Orleans! We ate some great poor boys at Parkway Bakery, (which is definitely worth finding if you're in NO and want excellent poor boys!) Then we went to the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium. It was really fun!

They had plenty of exhibits at Claire's eye-level. 

This was in the underground cave. The floor was squishy, leaves were on the ceiling (so it really felt like we were underground), and some bugs jumped out at us! Claire got to sit on the worm with Dad.

In the termite room

Worms!

Who can resist sitting in an empty canoe?!!

Baby gators

Ride that gator!

Caterpillars undergoing metamorphosis to become butterflies. There were tons of them in there!

The darker ones were closer to being ready to emerge. I really liked seeing these.

Then we went through two sets of doors to the beautiful butterfly garden.  Those lights were HOT.

There's a butterfly on a plant to the left of Claire's knee in this picture. 

As we looked, we saw more and more butterflies. 

And just before we left, a big butterfly decided to land on my shorts. 

I'm glad we could spend some family time together to celebrate the conclusion of this semester! And I completely recommend the insectarium and butterfly garden. It was very fun!