Butterflies

Brooklyn got a Butterfly Pavilion from a friend for her Birthday. We sent away for the caterpillars, and a few weeks later they arrived. The kids were so excited! The caterpillars we so tiny! We left them in the jars for about 2 weeks, until they each formed their chrysalis. It was crazy how big and fuzzy they became! Once they formed their chrysalis's, we moved them to the Pavilion. It took about a week, but last night and today, they've started to emerge! We have 8 butterflies out of 10 so far. I bet the other two will come out pretty soon. We're supposed to feed them sugar water with a little dropper for a couple days, and then we'll let them go. The kids LOVE them! I tried to take pictures, but it was pretty difficult to get really great ones. Here are the ones I managed to get, though.

Riley, Miles and Brooklyn with the Butterfly Pavilion
Brooklyn getting a closer look. The two hanging things toward the top right are the two that haven't emerged yet.