Spencer's latest obsession is the butterfly. Not the stroke that Michael Phelps, the multiple gold-medal-winning Olympian, has perfected but the winged creature that flutters around your garden. It began when his grandparents, in an effort to distract Spencer out of a fussy mood, had the bright idea to imagine that Spencer was a butterfly. How do you play Butterfly? First, you spread out Spencer's favorite blue blanket. He lies down and is wrapped up in a "cocoon" from which he emerges a butterfly. Then he skips around the house flapping his "wings."
Over and over again he wants to play butterfly. I have a feeling we will be playing butterfly long after Grandma and Grandpa have returned to Milwaukee. If only I could take him to the Butterfly Pavilion at the Natural History Museum but there won't be time before the exhibit closes. For now, we'll have to settle for reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Fly butterfly fly.
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