Lifecycle

We are getting a hands on experience of the life cycle of a Butterfly.
Every year their are nests of eggs of caterpillars in a tree in our yard. They hatch and fall int he yard every year, this year we got a new tent for theboys to play in and it happened to be right under one of the nest of eggs. This year we have had a pleasure of watching them turn into Pupa, or a Chrysalis, and caught a couple caterpillars in a bug collector and one has turned into a Pupa, or Chrysalis, right before our eyes. It's been a fun experience and homeschool project for us. Life experiences are one of my favorite ways to teach the kids.
The kids are really excited to have about a dozen Pupae on their tent and have been being very careful to care for them and leave them alone and look at them each day. We cannot wait to watch a butterfly(or moth, we're not sure yet) emerge from each one of these Pupae, we can't wait to have dozens of butterflies(or moths) in our yard for at least a few days. What great fun we are having learning the lifescycle of caterpillars/butterflies(moths).
We have a screened in tent in out shed that we are going to attempt to setup tonight and put it around the boys firehouse tent, hoping that this will help us keep the butterflies(or moths) in it for a few days so we can watch them. Then we will let them go. I'll keep you posted on our journey.