How giggles inspired the beginning of our butterfly garden ..

My girls both get so much joy out of butterflies, or flutterbys as they used to call them before they graduated to the proper pronunciation. It's fascinating really how something so little can elicit the sweetest giggles.

These giggles are what make my day, every day. They move me and inspire me and I want to hold on to them forever. I am on a daily mission to have their laughter fill our home and hearts.

We take the time to listen to my oldest daughter's newest jokes - "Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Who." "Who Who?" ... "I didn't know you were an owl!", for snuggling and story time, hiking and climbing, princesses and imaginary friends and watching the butterflies flutter by.

We planted a few plants last year that were labeled with "attracts butterflies". This year we got to experience first hand that those do indeed attract butterflies (and hummingbirds) and since I just can't get enough of the joyous "Look Mommy" and wondrous "Awwww ..." and contagious giggles, we are now planning on adding more.

I've been reading up on how to create a true butterfly garden vs. just a couple of plants and have also been finding plenty of inspiration at the Robinson Nature Center in Columbia, MD, where these pictures were taken:


Butterfly garden at the Robinson Nature Center

Butterfly garden at the Robinson Nature Center

Butterfly garden at the Robinson Nature Center


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8 Comments on "Look mommy a flutterby" ...

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Andrea~Enjoy these moments while the children are young. Nothing stays the same... and although new adventures come with their growing, the very young ages are priceless. My girls are now 26 and 30 and we share new and exciting things at a different level... but reflecting on those days is a special place.... and Oh.. by the way... little girls are the best!

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Hi Janis, my sister has 2 boys and I know she would protest but I agree with you wholeheartedly ... little girls are the best! I already miss some of the stages gone by but at the same time every age brings with it something very special ... I try to soak it all up for sure!

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Hi Andrea, Excellent job. You are a great Mom and enjoy all these special times. Capture everything you can and decades from now the memories will always be fresh.
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Doncha love the way kids often mix up their words in a delightful way?  I remember one of my daughters always wanting to go to McDonald's for "hangaburglers."  Your butterfly photos are wonderful!

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Andrea, you have some of the most beautiful photos....and heartwarming stories to go with it!  Thank you for sharing that today :)!

6:53pm • #5
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Hi William, thank you very much! I have, what we call, memory boxes - some of it is for keepsake and others I hope to turn into a great scrapbook some day...

Hi Myrl, I do! I need to write some of their word creations down .. it's too cute. Thank you!

Hi Brenda, I loved how these butterfly pictures came out! My girls provide plenty of "blog-fodder" ;-) Thank you very much!

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Andrea, that's wonderful and that is also why I don't chop down right away any weed that plants itself into the yard.  You would be surprised how flutterbys butterflies are attracted by the things we didn't plant ourselves!

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Hi Silvia, I love digging in my yard but I'll be the first one to admit that I'm terrible at remembering what my plants are called. I've cultivated a few weeds b/c they looked pretty :-)

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