Prehistoric Cell Phone!

We took the girls to the Chattahoochee Nature Center for their Flying Colors Butterfly Festival. They release hundreds of Monarch butterflies every couple of hours. They have arts and crafts, beautiful flowers and a nature reserve. You can see a nice selection of rescued animals and learn about their habitats. The Chattahoochee Nature Center is an awesome place for families and children.

Sarah and Sophia each held a caterpillar at one of the many hands-on learning exhibits.

On a Saturday morning, when you with your family, and husband (who presumably has been working all week), at a festival with tons of stuff to do, WHY WOULD YOU BE TALKING ON THE PHONE? I never understood this compulsion to talk on the phone. Not the kind of talking that might be understandable -- "Hey we're lost, we're standing under the 100 year old Live Oak tree, where are you?" But the "Yea, we're at the Nature Center for the Butterfly Festival, I'm with the kids and it's so much fun. So what are you doing. . . .. . really?"

About two hours into our adventure here, both Joel and I noticed an overwhelming number of women (who were with their families) talking on the phone. It became a joke and so when we visited the Discovery Center, I picked up this shell and started talking on the phone. What you can't see, is the woman to my right whom I cropped out of the picture -- she was talking on her phone!


One of my favorite artists, Pamela Rubert has created a quilt which addresses this issue -- it's called Towers of Babel, check it out!

And next time you're with your family, unless someone is lost, or you are bleeding and calling an ambulance, try leaving the phone in the car. NOTHING is that important.