Target Special

First of all, just a fun picture of Maxer enjoying his Watermelon Smiles...the first thing he said when he woke up from his nap was: 'i think i need some watermelon.' We had a fun time today! And now on to the Target special:

Walking into Target, right in front of the door was a little, wounded Monarch Butterfly!

We picked it up and ran in to get a clear cup from Starbucks so we could look at it without damaging it more. The poor thing was barely moving, but so pretty!

We carried it around in its new cup-home while we looked at trucks, etc, and Max really wanted to bring it home and show his friends before it died.


so we brought it home to show the twins and Annalena...
(I realize you're not supposed to touch a butterflies wings, but the thing was half-dead...i figured it didn't matter anymore).

so pretty, huh? I loved that Max had the opportunity to see a butterfly up-close: we've seen butterflies at the zoo (when we went to the butterfly exhibit) and of course in books, but you're not supposed to touch them, and they are so delicate...so, how awesome that he got to touch one and see sort of how it worked. Awesome for a little kiddo--esp. one who lo-oves bugs!

It did have a tragic end to it's life, I'll leave it to your imagination: I'll just tell you that it involved two little boys eager to give the pretty thing some love...sad. Like I said, though, it was on it's way out.