Last August, Papa was tinkering out in the yard when he discovered a most unusual caterpillar.
He asked the boys if they would like to put some leaves and sticks in a jar and keep it. The boys were excited and wanted to see if the caterpillar would turn into a cocoon.
To their amazement the very next day halfway up a stick, was a brown cocoon.
The jar was safely placed upon a shelf in the boys room and they would check it every day or so.
SEVEN months later... Nathan came running out of his room and said that the butterfly finally hatched!
Sure enough there was a huge beautiful yellow Swallow Tail butterfly!
Well, here is the second part of that story:
The butterfly hatched too early. There was a huge snow storm the day it hatched and if let free it would surly die. So... we have let it have free rein in the house. We set up a little nectar and food for it on the counter along with a jar full of sticks and leaves. It flutters by the window and crawls here and there but mostly stays by the window sill.
We sure have grown attached to this beautiful butterfly and the boys even named it Periwinkle. We will wait until the temperature gets a little warmer and set it free but for now we are enjoying this fluttering bit of happiness in the kitchen.
1 comment:
You guys are so fun!
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