Wednesday, September 19, 2012

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.

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