Fun with Grandma and Grandpa

We were so excited to have Grandma and Grandpa here with us for a few days. Will LOVED it! We took them to the butterfly exhibit. Papa kept telling Will that they were called "Flutterbyes" and now he strongly corrects us when we say "butterfly" The butterflies were incredible! We can't wait to go back and take Scott with us (he was at work).

Their colors were amazing, and they were all different shapes and sizes. Can you see the two different flutterbies in this picture?
This one is called a lace wing.... it was very ornate!
"Cheeeeese" I thought Will was going to be afraid of the butterflies, but he LOVED it

He kept trying to catch and touch them all. He walked around excitedly saying

"OH! Look at that one grandpa! OH! Look at that flutterby on that tree!"

This was great - all of a sudden three butterflies were flying all around us, and I kept snapping pictures and finally/luckily caught them flying right next to Will. He put is hands up to his face because he thought they were going to land on him, but they just flew around him, and then he loved it and was all excited saying "did you see those flutterbies MOM?!"
This was him telling grandpa and grandma what happened....
Grandma Martha was the lucky one - she got a little friend to sit on her shoulder for a long time, Will thought that was great too, except he kept trying to touch it and we wouldn't let him.
Tuesday morning, we took Gma and Gpa to the Mill City Museum

It was home to several Mills until it exploded and now there are just a few remains

But they have remodeled and made it into a really great museum -

I would recommend it to anyone, especially visitors, it gives a great history of Minneapolis in 19 minutes through a really cool video. Then you ride in an industrial elevator that goes up and down 8 stories while telling you all about the Mill and what happend. I felt a little like I was back at DisneyLand on the Tower of Terror just waiting for the elevator to drop us all! Luckily, that didn't happen. But it does show you an explosion, and it has a loud bang, flash of light, and then it goes quiet and all black. I thought for sure Will would freak out, but he didn't, he just said "Let's go out the door mom!" I think it was good that we had prepared him for it before we went. Below is a view from the top of the Mill looking at the Mississippi - downtown Mpls is in front of us, so you can't see it, sorry.The famous Stone Arch Bridge Will grinding wheat in the bread lab. We got to try some yummy bread after our tour!