Beautiful Fall

Howell's Pumpkin Patch

This was SO much fun for the kids and us.  Chloe and I even went back for a  mom daughter date a week later.  It was a bit colder than I expected it to be, so the kids do look a little purple from the cold...oops.    Regardless of the cold, it was all a blast.  Definitely will do it again next year!

Catching, Hatching, and Holding Butterflies!

~Catch-up posts~
This process has been amazing for me... I don't know where I was as a kid, but 5 miles away from me was a boy named Ted, and this boy was catching caterpillars and hatching butterflies.  Thankfully, I met this same Ted and now he and his "bug" ways are mine...well at least I get to be a part of his "buggy" ways, but he is mine!  So, here is our family's first time catching Monarch caterpillars and hatching them.  Really, it was a dream come true for me.  I actually got to hold a beautiful, sweet, delicate, amazing butterfly (YEA!).


           Here Chloe is showing off her little caterpillar.

This is what they do as they turn into the chrysalis.

 

Here the caterpillar has wiggled out of it's skin (the black) and then kind-of gloss over to make the chrysalis.

After about 10 days the chrysalis changes to this.  This is when you can wait and watch to see the butterfly come out!  Unfortunately, at this time I usually get distracted by whatever is going on and miss it...  

 

TA-DUH !!!  BUTTERFLIES!

Back to the Future...

...meaning that I'm back to recording my past and present, for my future.  Anyway, it's late and I'm not up to saying much except that we're back in business for blogging...