Butterflies

Reagan had just finished her science in our home school when I went to the store and happened upon a butterfly kit.  I thought that it would be perfect so extend out our science.  First we had to send off for the caterpillars, which came with all they needed until they turned into chrysalises (which took about a week) and at that point we took out the paper that they had formed the chrysalises on and pinned it on the cage that we bought.  It took another week and the butterflies started emerging.  It was really neat to watch, there was only one that we actually saw crawl out of it's chrysalis.  I tried to put oranges on the bottom of the cage but they didn't seem interested so we decided to let them go.  It was really fun to see them take off.  Some would go high and be gone.  Others stayed around for a while. 

I had never seen a butterfly that close before but the inside of the wings looked like fine hairs, I don't know if it's because they were new and those hairs get rubbed off or lost or if they always have them...

It was an amazing experience and I think maybe we will do this every spring!