Butterflies

It so happens that May is always the Butterfly month in this house. It became an annual thing as it is third year in a row that we raise butterflies. This month caterpillars were a courtesy of D.'s co-op. We also had a trip to the Butterfly Pavilion with D.'s class.
Some books we enjoyed:
Backyard Bugs by DK publishing- lovely pop-up book that has interesting facts about insects

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle is always a favorite, this time around we also read French version (we just started to learn French) "La Chenille Affamée" (or "La chenille qui fait des trous") power point presentation can be found here.

 Monarch Butterfly by Gail Gibbons is also great

Our trip to the Butterfly Pavilion was great, kids got to meet interesting critters and talk to one of the keepers about all kinds of creatures that live in the Pavilion. Afterwards we had a walk among the butterflies.

Macley's Specter Walkingstick

Chocolate Pansy

White Morphs

When we got home we found that both of our butterflies have emerged from their chrysalis, joy joy joy!

We made another window decoration to celebrate :

Tissue paper over clear contact paper cut into shape of a butterfly and voila :)


D.'s impression from the visit to the Butterfly Pavillion: