Monday, August 11, 2008

Set us free...


I got Evan a butterfly kit from English Gardens. We sent away for the caterpillars and then watched them eat & grow. They started to hang upside down from the top of the jar and built their chrysalides. "7-10 days" later just like they said we had three painted lady butterflies. A few days after that the two stragglers hatched and we had five painted lady butterflies. Evan made the sugar/water mixture to feed the butterflies and dropped it in on fresh cut flowers. Friday we decided to let them go. We had a little free the butterflies ceremony and it was cool to watch them "leave the nest." All of them survived thankfully and Evan did a good job taking care of them.

2 comments:

Laura said...

What a cute idea!

Kim Cervone said...

Very cool. We did it a few years ago and it was awesome.