Butterfly Fly Away

A few weeks ago Andi and I  were talking about insects in her school work, and the butterfly life cycle. So I ordered a "butterfly kit" and it turned out to be really cool. They send you  four itty-bitty-you-can-barely-see-them caterpillars, and in 3 weeks you watch them turn into butterfly's. Of course you can only keep them for a few days after they come out of the chrysalis, and Andi was very sad to see them go. But we took pictures of them for her to remember, and video of her releasing them. She was mostly sad that they did not lay eggs in the backyard before they flew away. She was determined to collect the eggs and start over with a new batch.

Of course since we've had them, and it's spring so all the bug are out and about, Sammy has been loving the backyard. He goes bug hunting everyday, luckily he's smart enough to stay away from the bees. The way he says lady bug is so funny I had to get it on video.

I used to think it was weird that he and Andi would growl at and chase birds, but I've been paying attention, and tons of little kids do it, so it doesn't bother me much anymore. Don't get me wrong, I don't love when they do it in the parking lot of any and every store we are at, but at least I know it's pretty normal.
Yesterday was a lovely lazy Sunday, and I heard Thad and Andi in the front room. I had to take pictures when I saw what they were playing. Ignore the floor debris, I told you it was a LAZY Sunday.

We have ripe strawberries in the garden today, and rasberries on the way, it's going to be a lovely week.