our moth, Cara Sara

The girls found a caterpillar a few weeks ago and we put him into a container to hopefully see him change into a moth or butterfly. They were so excited to "make him a home" and got him grass for a bed, rocks and sticks to climb on, food to eat, and rose petals so his home "looks pretty."

He built a little cocoon in our tupperware container, and we read lots of butterfly and moth books while we waited for him to make his winged appearance. Two loooooooong weeks later, he emerged as a moth!


Here's Larkin singing and dancing--"It's a moth! He's here! It's a moth! Yea!" Willa was really quite confused about the whole thing--she kept saying, "But where my caterpillar go?"


One afternoon we went to a local gardening store (Natural Gardener) and found the coolest butterfly nets and Texas butterfly identification book! We bought them and then stayed at the nursery for over an hour catching butterflies in their butterfly garden. Larkin is very good at sneaking up and catching them, and then always runs right to the identification book to see what she caught. Willa was the first to put the net over her head and yell, "LOOK! I caught Willa!" and now they both do that all the time.



The girls have finally decided that they are okay with wearing helmets, so we've been doing lots of biking outside on the sidewalk and at the park!