Monday, May 5, 2014
Butterfly Sitting
Cort and Reid's preschool teacher wanted to know if we'd like to bring the class butterfly project home for Spring Break. They were in chrysalis form - having already shifted from their caterpillar state while the class watched, intrigued. The twins were so excited to be able to bring them home - it was a huge honor!
Cort sat by the butterflies while they were hatching, and told them that he hoped they would come visit him after they were free. Cort kept saying, "Do you remember when you were just a little caterpillar?"
Once all six hatched, we fed them oranges and strawberries for a couple of days before we let them go outside.
You know who else really liked the butterflies? This stinker. And I don't think he was telling them stories about coming to visit once they were free either. It's a good thing we don't have any pet birds...
LOL! And now you understand why I visit them daily when on vacation!!...:)JP
ReplyDeleteNothing like "little caterpillars" and great "little caterpillars".
ReplyDeleteThat was neat that they could bring them home and they hatched. I have been seeing some yellow swallowtails in our yard on the weed flowers. It takes me a while to mow as I only mow what I feed to the steers. I guess the butterflies like that.
ReplyDeleteAn honor and a great learning experience. Cort does look like he is having a heart to heart with that butterfly.
ReplyDeleteOoooh, that is FUN! We used to raise monarch butterflies every summer.
ReplyDeleteIf you want a simple, easy and fun thing to do, plant some milkweed on your property and watch for them to come. Once they lay the eggs, you can bring the leaves into the house and raise some monarch caterpillars. It's a really cool thing for the kids to watch and it is little to no work.
You have to have the host plant, which is milkweed. And have a few plants so that you have enough leaves for the instars (caterpillars).
Check out "monarch watch" website and facebook page
what a fun time to watch these. I enjoy going to butterfly houses
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting school project! Great opportunity for your boys too. Putting in some good habits for how to spend their spring break ;)
ReplyDeleteWe had some fun visiting butterfly hatcheries in Central America. Nature is magic.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun experience! Love the last photo.
ReplyDeletehow neat to be able to set them free at your place!
ReplyDeleteMy boys really loved collecting watching the stages of a butterfly last year. Even I thought it was fascinating.
ReplyDeleteOK, I lost my first comment by accidentally signing out of Google. I think this is a neat lesson for children. So glad you boys got to see them hatch. And Cort talked so sweetly to them. I'm sure your kitty did too. :-)
ReplyDeleteHa to the cat! :)
ReplyDeleteThat's a cool project for your boys, for sure. My daughter did that once too and we all loved it!
Such a huge honor, indeed.
ReplyDelete(Cort is so beautiful, Lisa! and growing up!)
What a cool thing for your boys to observe. Cort talking to them is really cute!
ReplyDeletedat is wel heel leerzaam voor de kinderen.
ReplyDeleteThese three pictures are so good! I'm especially fond of your kitty looking at the butterflies. What an awesome spring break this was!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome thing for the boys to get to do!
ReplyDeleteI know how special it was for your boys to bring those home. Nice to see the kitty interested too :0
ReplyDeleteHow cool! Great for the boys... and apparently for the kitty too.
ReplyDeletewhat a fun project! how cute "do you remember when you were a caterpillar"!! funny about the kitty!
ReplyDeleteThese are the activities my students used to remember!
ReplyDeleteIs it a Painted Lady?
I had one early, as they overwinter here. Happily!
What a great experience for your boys to witness. I hope the butterflies do remember them and come back and visit…..just stay away from the four legged stinker. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Lisa,
ReplyDeleteYour boys are really gorgeous.
I love butterflies too!
It's a great idea to teach them
how life has been created.
Thank you for posting your
wonderful comments in my blog posts! I love your cat too.
Blessings,
Starry.
What an awesome experience for the boys! Its always fun to learn from observation.
ReplyDeleteHow cute. The kids must have enjoyed having the butterflies home.
ReplyDeleteHow fun for your gang to see the changes.
ReplyDeleteOur young cats would be right there watching as well. They have a indoor window perch next to bird feeder--we like to call it kitty tv as they love to watch what is going on in the world.
What sweet boys you have :) and what a fun project. That cat! Entertained the whole time I imagine.
ReplyDeleteThat was nice of you to bring them home. How awesome for the boys. Love the cat looking at them....would love to know his thoughts.
ReplyDeleteOh we loved this post!
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Oh my gosh--what an honor to get to butterfly sit! I love the picture of the butterflies with your cat. Yes birds and butterflies beware :)
ReplyDeleteThat is so neat!
ReplyDeleteTHat was an absolute beautiful experience! I really really want Aarya to see that too :) And I swear, your Stinker is cute :)
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