Wednesday 26 September 2018

My Wonderful Weekend

      

This weekend was really great because we went to the Atlanta Zoo on Friday. And  Callaway gardens on Saturday for the annual Blue Morpho butterfly festival. here is a quick recount of what happened on those two lovely days.

                         Pt 1   The Atlanta Zoo

  • At the Atlanta zoo Anna, along with her new friend Anya enjoyed all the amazing animals. While also helping us navigate through the park.😊



  • We also got to some very cute  baby turtles🐢


  •    After that we visited the aviary with many beautiful birds, including one bird in particular who seemed to be trying to impress a certain someone.


  •  There were also very cute little bush dogs, that seemed to be one of the only animals not sleeping.


  •  And the last and best thing at the zoo was of course the Pandas! They are really cute and the two siblings were born just two years ago so they are still very small and very sleepy.🐼





                                           Pt 2     Callaway Gardens

    At the butterfly center in Callaway Gardens, we enjoyed a marvelous look at the beautiful Blue Morpho butterflies. Since there were lots of butterflies that had just come out of there chrysalis they had a big release into the butterfly garden. Butterflies swarmed all around me, and because I was wearing a homemade butterfly costume one landed on my skirt and another on my hand which was incredible! But they also decided to stay there for a really long time, around 15 minutes! And the one on my arm just wouldn't leave till we had to force it off. Still it was nice having a butterfly want to stay with  me.

  • To make it easier I circled where the butterflies are on Me and Anna.







  •  After that we went outside to take part in the games and activities along with taking a picture with the butterfly princess.👑



  • The game that we played was a butterfly life cycle race. Even Mommy joined in. First you had to crawl across the grass like a caterpillar. Then you do a sack race the only twist was that you had to have another sack covering your face, so your whole body is covered  like a cacoon. You then race to the next station and grab a pair of bug googles that make everything look weird and disoriented, a straw to act as the Proboscis, and a water balloon as an egg. After grabbing those you run to this table that has three drinks you have to pick one and drink from it quickly [mine was something gross, maybe pickle juice.😝] Then you run back to start and drop the egg in a bucket. Mommy made it in second place and I was either 4th or 5th place but it was very fun just playing the game.


                    And last we watched a small raptor show with birds of prey such as owls and hawks. After a quick ice cream break we headed home having had a awesome time at Callaway Gardens



                          And so our wonderful weekend came to an end but it was so nice spending time with family and friends and enjoying new and exciting experiences. I hope you enjoyed reading my blog post and comment below whether you prefer going to a zoo to see lots of animals or seeing a few animals in nature. Goodbye for now!!!

                                                            





                                     


3 comments:

  1. Great blog Olivia! I love how thoughtful, interesting and easy to read your posts are. I prefer seeing animals in nature/semi-wild. My favorite was at Mt Rainier- the foxes and all the marmots and then it's fun birdwatching.

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  2. Olivia it's great, thanks for sharing and adding all those beautiful pictures.

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  3. Hi Olivia
    Loved your post and pics!
    My two favourite were the butterfly garden and the cute pandas siblings.
    What a great idea to wear colourful clothes to attract the butterflies!
    I think I like animals in nature & zoos.
    Looking forward to more of your adventures :)

    Aunty Reshmi

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