Butterflies!!!

Went out to Rieman Gardens in Ames for the first time on Saturday morning.  And it was quite the memorable experience.  Saw TONS of beautiful butterflies and flowers . . . they have this really cool area that has all the cocoons hanging and newly hatched butterflies that are testing out their wings for the first time . . . a cute little gift shop . . . my kid fell into the indoor pond . . . 

Yep, Katie fell into the pond.  She met these two sisters, one was 7 and one was 5.  They were throwing leaves into the pond (it's more like a stone pool) and we had warned her to stop.  Then we hear *SPLASH* and see her under the water.  So Toby drops his coffee and jumps in and gets about crotch-deep and pulls her out.  She's soaked, head-to-toe, and is just scared to death.  The dad of the two girls just happens to be an EMT so he runs and grabs us a blanket, checks her out and makes sure there's no bumps or bruises.  Everyone was so nice and we got Katie a shirt from the gift shop and wrapped her up and took her home.  She took a very long nap after we got home and was her normal, happy-self after she woke up. 

What a fun little Saturday.