Butterfly Pavilion

Jena and I took the boys to the Butterfly Pavilion today. They have a whole room full of giant cockroaches, centi- and millipedes, and tarantulas - LOTS of tarantulas, including Rosie, who the kids can hold (Ryan wanted nothing to do with her while David charged right up and practically snatched her out of the volunteer's hands...).

The real attraction of the Butterfly Pavilion, of course, is the Butterfly Pavilion itself, a greenhouse type glass house populated by tropical plants and thousands of butterflies.

In Westminster, not Kauai

Watching the butterflies snack on overripe bananas

The boys did just fine in the pavilion - no chasing or stomping on the 'flies, no picking flowers or climbing into the fountain (though I could tell Ryan REALLY wanted to). They were much happier, however, when we left the pavilion and went into the Tropical Discovery Zone, which has lots of kid-friendly things to climb on.


They also have a kid-sized zip line. Ryan rode it once with me walking behind him and pushing him slowly. David was a little more confident: