To Keep a Caterpillar...

18. to keep a caterpillar and tell the life-story of a butterfly from his own observations.

-from "A Formidable List of Attainments"

My not-yet-three-year-old observing five caterpillars

Our caterpillars arrived today!

I ordered them from InsectLore's website on Sunday, and five days later, a box containing a cup of caterpillars was on my doorstep.

When the caterpillars turn into chrysalides, we get to put them in their Live Butterfly Garden to watch them emerge.

(I bought one of these as a birthday present for one of my daughter's friends, and was so happy to hear that all five caterpillars turned into butterflies and recently flew away.)

Stay tuned...