Butterfly Kisses

On Monday, Jakob's class took a field trip to Echo in Burlington.  They have a new exhibit with a butterfly greenhouse, and Jakob was thrilled with his experience in it.  He said he got to hold a lot of butterflies, but you had to be very careful to touch them gently and not shake them.  One landed on his nose and gave him butterfly kisses, but he said they didn't tickle too much.  Here are a couple of pictures his teacher took of him.  In her email, she said she loved how deeply interested he was.



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