Today was pretty exciting. Our butterflies emerged from their snuggly cocoons to reveal three very pretty Painted Ladies as they are called. The kids were so happy to finally see them as I think they were starting to think they were dead! They do have red liquid that they produce...it looks a bit like blood so I had to reassure the kids that this is a normal thing for butterflies and not to worry! On Wednesday we will go on our final bug hunt inorder to photograph all the cool insects we saw last week. We must have found atleast 50 ant hills with different ant species living next to eachother. We found a huge yellow bee of some sort that was the size of a rather large hornet but yellow in color. Tons of butterflies were flying around and we also saw a few spiderwebs with dead insects in them. The best part for the kids was probably finding some camoflauged grass hoppers! Very Cool indeed. We found some fast lizards and also spotted a pretty place near the park where we will release our 3 butterfly babies! Put some sunscreen on your little ones as it is sure to be hot outside that day!

Nehal and Aansh are back safely from India and they started back at preschool today. The kids were so cute greeting eachother and hugging! Aansh is now 99% potty trained so 3 down 1 to go. Aansh kept speaking some foreign language to me during work time and as I had a puzzled look on my face the other kids would laugh hysterically. It was a fun day but we missed Dalton...he was home sick. Hopefully he will be well enough to come back to school tomorrow!