My friend Ashley suggested that we get some caterpillars this spring for the boys to watch. She was sweet enough to catch the right ones and feed them for us. When we first got them, we had 3 chrysalises (I don't know if that's how you say the plural form) and one caterpillar. We left the house for a few hours. When we came back, our only remaining caterpillar had already changed into the chrysalis form. I was sad that we didn't get to watch that process. So this is what we've had on our kitchen table all week...
Then this morning, two of them looked like this. I knew it was close to time but I thought we had a few hours before the next change.
The boys were patiently sitting at the table waiting for their breakfast when this happened. It was very exciting.
We watched his wings grow larger and larger.
A couple of hours later, the other one changed and flew off the table.
Luc and Brian gently caught him and release him off the balcony. The boys were so excited about it.
Thanks Ashley! This has been a fun week.
