Butterflies

We got all science-y around here and grew some butterflies! I ordered this butterfly kit a while back and then finally ordered our caterpillars about 3 weeks ago. We had fun watching them grow from tiny caterpillars…

into cocoons and then into butterflies!

The boys thought it was cool to watch but Samantha was the most interested in it all. It was pretty fascinating! All of the butterflies managed to sneak out of their cocoons while no one was watching and it was fun to hear Samantha go into the kitchen and squeal with delight when she saw another butterfly had shown up! After several days we released them…

but they didn’t really want to go! Maxwell got them out and helped them along.

Samantha said she then saw a bird eat one of the butterflies. ha! I’m not sure if that is entirely true but, oh well…circle of life! A fun experiment!