Monarch Project
So a few weeks ago the girls started finding caterpillars all over the place and collecting them. A few have died, a few got away and now we have 7 that have stuck around. All are monarch caterpillars, 2 have pupated and are busy turning into butterflies within their chrysalis, one is hanging and will probably pupate tomorrow morning and 4 other of various sizes are eating away at the milkweed and will hopefully pupate near the house so we can watch them change as well.
This is the most recent caterpillar that we found, it is still in the early instar stage, probably just hatched out of it's egg in last day or 2. In the next 9-14 days it will eat and grow like crazy and shed it's skin 5 times.
These are late instar caterpillars and are only a few days from pupating.
This guy is hanging in his "J" and will probably pupate tomorrow morning...we are hoping to catch him in the act. After eating and growing, they hang themselves upside down for about 1 day and then it only takes them about 6-7 mins to pupate. Crazy!
We only missed this guy pupating by a few minutes, I couldn't believe it! The black ball on his side is his skin that he sheds as he goes through the pupation process.
This one we missed by an hour or so...it is our first and we were so amazed to know how fast they change. Stay tuned for more photos as they complete metamorphosis.
Gracie's 5!
Gracie turned 5 last week on 8/22. Hard to believe she is 5 already, she is such a tiny little thing. She also started Kindergarten yesterday, and is loving her mornings at school:) I can't wait to see what she learns this year, I know she'll do great!
Gracie's cake...a Betty Crocker Yellow Butter Cake with Buttercream Frosting...She wanted a gymnastics girl on her cake and if you look between the candles there you can see a blue and purple stick figure. Ha! Her mama is not quite the cake artist that may have hoped for:)
But she loved it!!
She loves barbies and was very exited to have one with puppies:)
The Big #1 for Jack!
Jack turned 1 on May 29th, and we had his birthday bash this last weekend. I thought I would jot down a few of his stats just for me to keep track of them and share a few fun photos for anyone out there who might be looking for them:) So here we go...
Size:
- weight- 20lbs. 8oz.
- length- 30 in.
- head circumference- 18.5 in.
Things he can do:
- waves
- so-big
- high 5
- blows kisses
- gives kisses
- gives snuggles
- walking- started taking steps around 10 months and is now getting around very quickly
- blow raspberries
- blow ferberts on your belly
- show me your tongue
- lizard tongue
- mama
- dada
- ba- ball
- bo- book
- vroom- car
- turtle
- du- duck
- yeah
- no
- oo-oo-ah-ah- monkey
- elephant noise
- water
Things he loves:
- to eat- and he eats anything, he loves baked beans, and will put meat in his mouth but does not seem to know what to do with it.
- milk
- sweets- he had a hay day with his birthday cake
- trucks
- balls
- vacuums
- music
- mama and dada- ( I would say that he is a mama's boy, but he gets equally excited about daddy too. The only time he really prefers me over Randy is when he is tired or when there are lots of people around.)
Things he hates:
- washing in the tub
- going in the water at the pool- we're working on this one with our pool pass this summer
- large bags of ball pit balls
Jack is definitely "all boy", he loves to play rough, get dirty, be outside, and make lots of noise. And boy is he funny...don't tell Randy, but he get's that from me:) We have not had any broken bones or stitches... yet, but definitely more tumbles that ended in bleeding and bandages than I would like at 1 year of age. He is very busy and keeps me hoppin'!
Birthday Breakfast- cinnamon rolls
Peek-a-boo fort:)
Just because he's cute!
Vrrroom! He LOVES to play cars.
more birthday party pictures and video to come, but blogger seems to be having some issues, so i'll get to that later:)
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