So, for Talan's birthday this year my mom and dad got him a butterfly habitat. You send away for the caterpillar and food and watch them grow. I ordered the caterpillars and told Talan that we would have to check the mail each day to see if they came in. He was all excited everyday to check the mail. They finally came in. So we put them on the fireplace where the cat couldn't mess with them. They got so big and fat before they went into their cocoons. Once they did that it was about a week before the first one hatched from its cocoon. Talan was so happy to see it fly around the habitat. We put some sugar water and Orange slices in the bottom for them to eat. It was about 3 days before all 5 came out of their cocoons. We wanted to release them in mom and dad's backyard as they say that they will stick around for a little while. We were leaving for Houston that weekend and didn't want to come home to dead butterflies so we released them before we left. One of the butterflies looked like it wasn't going to be able to fly and may not have made it. The other 4 flew away. It was cool to see Talan's excitement everyday when we would wake up and go check on them and then when we let them go. Thanks for the awesome present Mom n Dad.
