Sunday, July 24, 2011

Bullfrogs and Butterflies

Well not bullfrogs, but we have butterflies!  Thanks to Sprout for their advertising, Clara wanted her own butterfly nursery for her birthday.  Once we moved and got settled, we ordered our caterpillars.  They arrived in a plastic cup, with food and a lid (the cup was also covered by a coffee filter with the lid over it).  The caterpillars came so tiny and grew before our eyes!  Once they were all plumped up, they made their cocoons from the filter.  We transferred them to the butterfly nursery and now they are hatching! So cool! 

1 comment:

lil' mama said...

We have caterpillars too! This is a great lesson in patience for C. Several times a day he asks if they've turned into butterflies.