Butterflies and Water Falls

The Niagara Butterfly Conservatory

When we started to talk to Tristan and Emma about their memories of Canada, one of their fondest memories of our time in Ontario is of an afternoon when we visited the Niagara Butterfly Conservatory in July 2006. Since we were going to be visiting a church in Niagara we left Toronto early on Tuesday to give the kids a chance to re-visit these beautiful places.

Emma -- the landing pad

Q: Do you know what a group of butterflies is called?

Answer: A flutter

Mommy attracting lots of attention from the butterflies

Tristan "the butterfly whisperer"!

Butterfly (English)

Kungu-urumu (Kiswahili)

Balanbaalis (Somali)

Billaacha (Oromo)

Kihuruta (Kikuyu)

Ikinyugunyugu (Kirwanda)

Papillon (French)

The Falls

Mommy and the kids getting a close look at the Falls!

It feels strange for us to think that it was almost four years ago when we last visited Niagara Falls with Tristan and Emma before departing for Africa. The falls may not have changed, but our two eldest children certainly have: Emma was only four years old then (Just a year older than Ava is now), but she still remembers wearing her rain poncho as we ventured out on the Maid of the Mist.

The observation tower over looking Niagara Falls

Daddy and the kids at the top of the horse shoe falls