All Things Beautiful and Creepy

The kids have become really good butterfly catchers.  They don't even have to go outside to catch them.  They catch them inside the house.  Yes, didn't you know we have a butterfly house, along with some nasty huge bird-sized moths.  They are constantly catching both.  They have been using the little pint plastic strawberry containers from the market to catch their butterflies.

Nana brought them a fancy little butterfly catcher house and magnifying glass.  You would have thought she gave them a million dollars inside this little thing.  They loved it and couldn't wait to use it.  Butterflies are everywhere here.  They are always nestled in the wild flowers and flittering around.

They are ready to go!

He had a blast and was this animated the

entire 2 hour hike.

He thought he wanted to go, then

decided after we walked one way down

the street and came back that he 

was going to stop off at the house

and stay with Daddy and Leia.

Ready to GO!

Thy sky was beautiful that morning.

And the sun was super intense, even

with sunscreen.  That was my first burn

here, complete with scabbing blisters 

to the shoulders.  Next time I will 

take the sunscreen with and reapply!!

Again, more AWESOME beauty just steps outside the 

front door.

Nana spotted this thing crawling in the bushes along our walk.

It was the creepiest caterpillar I have ever seen.  I took 

lots of pictures and we went on.

We captured out first butterfly.  We did 

WAY more chasing than catching.

And we lost more out of the butterfly

net than we were able to keep.

Searching hard.

They are Gonna' Get It!

Using her nifty new magnifying glass to 

look at the leaf-cutter ants.

Proud of his Catch.  Who said it had

to be fish??

On our way back to the house, we came across the same 

caterpillar.  He had made it quite a way and was in

the middle of the road.  I wanted David to see it, 

and not just the pictures.  So, I caught it with the net.  

That thing was CREEPY!!  I don't know how

many times I squealed, and it was the longest 

walk back to the house with this thing!

And at the end we only came home with 2!  That was 

a lot of work for 2 butterflies.  Maybe we will get better

at this butterfly catching.