WW: Bullfrog and Butterfly {Linky}

We went to Lauritzen Gardens this past weekend. We had plans to go to Lauritzen Gardens and Durham Western Heritage Museum, but by the time we got done with Lauitzen Gardens I was feeling done in. Isaak was crabby, it was hot, and I still don't have my energy all the way back from my surgery on the 23rd. It will take some time.

I do love walking through the gardens!

There's Isaak with his sun hat on:

Mica kept saying, "Isaak stand up for Mom!" Isaak was like, "No I don't want to stand up." A fight nearly broke out between these two boys.

Bullfrog:

And Butterfly:

I was pretty obsessed with taking photos of sunflowers, while the rest of my family rested on benches.

A Spider! Do you see it?

Asian Garden Area:

Do you like walking through botanical gardens?

WW: Transformation {Linky}

Daddy found Caterpillar eggs on a Milkweed plant. The eggs started in a cup, then we moved them to a small mason jar, then a bigger mason jar. Daddy kept them Milkweed leaves. We have tadpoles to, but they don't change as fast as the caterpillars did.

Soon after they hatched.

One week later. They kept eating and pooping none stop it seemed.

This is when their jar was getting cleaned out a week later. The next day they started twitching and turned black.

Daddy got a video of one making a chrysalis.


Here's the skin they shed on the bottom of the jar.

 Here's they are in their chrysalis state. They look like peppers hanging to me; with pretty gold leaf beads around them.

Five days past and now you can see their wings through their chrysalis.

Here are the Now they are Monarch Butterflies. We let them go soon after they came out from their hiding place.

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