Bend Spring Break: "3 Girls' Birthday!"

We kicked off our Spring Break this year by heading to Bend to see the Bailey side of the family, and to celebrate Camryn, Aubrey, and Denise's birthdays.  This has become a little bit of a tradition for the three of them, and they like to call it the "3 Girls' Birthday!"  This celebration happened to be an extra special one too, because Aubrey was turning 5, Camryn was turning 8, and Mimi was turning 58!  Cool, huh?

 

The next day, we all headed to the High Desert Museum.  We've all taken the girls there several times, but they never tire of the cool animals and indoor/outdoor exhibits.  This time, we got to see a porcupine up close and learn more about them at the day's "animal talk."  The girls loved this!

 

We showed up at the wild cat talk too, but found that it was a stuffed cougar and feline pelts only.  Boo.

The traveling butterfly exhibit was also back!  It was such a hit last time, and did not disappoint this time either.  Also in the enclosure this time around, were hummingbirds!  Although we could not feed or touch the butterflies, sometimes they would choose to land on us.  Something about my green sweater that day attracted 4 or 5 of them at one time or another.  (Kind of creepy, to be honest...)

 

Making butterfly crafts...

Finally, it was time to hit the outdoor exhibits and check out more wildlife!  What a beautiful, crisp, Central Oregon day it was!  Thanks for hosting us, Mimi and Papa!