Butterflies

We had our own little science experiment at the Calhoun house with butterflies. About 2-3 weeks ago we received our caterpillars in the mail. They were about a half inch long. In about a week, they doubled in size and soon migrated to the top of the jar and turned into chrysalis. We moved them into their net house where they hung from the top for about a week and finally hatched this weekend. We ended up with about 8 or 9 painted lady butterflies. We released them tonight into our little garden. The girls thought it was super cool. Katelyn even coaxed some of them out on a flower. I highly recommend the butterflies as a learning game for all kids. Ours loved watching them grow from little caterpillars to longer caterpillars and finally to butterflies.