One thing I always wanted to do while living in Michigan was to go to Fredrick Meijer Garden to see the butterflies. I have always heard wonderful stories about people seeing the butterflies, so when we started planning our trip to Michigan, I had in my head that going to Fredrick Meijer Garden would be a great thing to do for McKenna's birthday. As I have said in previous birthday posts, Courtney and I had decided early on that we wouldn't do presents for our girls on their birthdays, we wanted to bring them somewhere and where ever we went, we would buy them a book. That is our birthday present from us to our girls.
We were lucky enough to get to Michigan when we did, because it was the second to last day to see the butterflies. So, our first full day in Holland, we were off to Grand Rapids to eat lunch and go see the butterflies.
Both girls were super excited about seeing the butterflies, but once we were in with the butterflies, McKaila wasn't too fond of them. McKenna didn't mind at all, she was fascinated with all the butterflies flying in front of her face. We spent a good amount of time with the butterflies and McKaila warmed up to them and even started pointing out all the different butterflies.
After seeing the butterflies, we headed outside to check things out. Luckily, it was a beautiful day and we could enjoy the outdoors for a while, that is before it started down pouring. We got to be outside for a good 45 minutes before the rain came, so it was nice to get some energy out before then.
It was a very fun trip, not only for us adults, but the kids too!! It was a great start to our 2 week vacation in Michigan!
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