Hunter and I transferring our cocoons to the butterfly home.
Our first butterfly sees the world for the first time.
The boys watching the butterflies adjust to the outside atmosphere.This past year, in kindergarten, we had the wonderful experience of watching butterfly life-cycle in our classroom. I enjoyed the experience so much that I wanted to share it with Colin and Hunter. We ordered our larvae as soon as we got to TN. They arrived within 5 days. The larvae had already transformed into caterpillars. We watched the caterpillars get bigger every day. One morning we noticed they were all hanging from the top of their container. Each one began the amazing process of creating a cocoon. After all 5 had made their cocoons, we watched them carefully for 5 days. Hunter was making his stepping stone at Nannies when he noticed that the first butterfly had come out of its cocoon. We kept a very close eye on them. We missed everyone of them coming out. Hunter did catch the last one just after it had emerged. We called Colin and he came over to let them loose in Nannie's garden. Each one of them took off and didn't even enjoy her garden. We, however, did enjoy watching this amazing life-cycle.
