Our Caterpillars Have Arrived!

To give the kids some "hands-on" science, we bought them a caterpillar/butterfly habitat. We sent away for the caterpillars and they arrived today! They are so tiny, but they are pretty active and are really starting to move around. There are about 5 of them in each sealed container. There is food, water and air holes already in each. Our job is just to watch. The instructions say that in 7-10 days, they will make their chrysalis. At that time, we will take them out and attach them in the large observation mesh that came with our original purchase. Then, within a week or so, the butterflies will emerge (at least we hope so!). We'll have the kids watch them for a few days and then celebrate by releasing them into our garden and hope that they will help pollinate our plants and flowers. :-) I will take pictures of each step along the way.