Happy Birthday Auntie Jenn!

A very big happy birthday to Jumpin' J's fabulous mommy, Auntie Jenn! We hope that Jumpin' J let you sleep in this morning, treated you to big hugs and kisses when you woke, and gives you a day full of fun memories.

A Butterfly Garden

On the advice on Munchkinetta's mom, we recently took a trip to a butterfly garden. Lilypad Princess wanted to see some butterflies while waiting for her caterpillars to hatch. It is actually a plant nursery on a farm, and the owner's love of butterflies had her turn one of their large greenhouses into a butterfly habitat.



We were the only people there and were able to spend as much time as we wanted checking out the beautiful butterflies, trying to entice them with a little gatorade to sit on our fingers, and smelling all the beautiful flowers.



They sell all kinds of plants, especially ones with beautiful flowers that attract butterflies and hummingbirds. We bought another Imperial Purple Butterfly Bush that matches the one we have and love, 4 Fan Scarlett Lobella, and a basil plant. It was such a relaxing place, we will definitely return, especially in the spring when we need some new plants.

On Vacation

Lilypad Princess, 2006

The Lilypad Family and Nana are off to the beach for vacation. We are going to relax, enjoy the sun, sand, and time together. I have scheduled some overdue posts, so there will be new ones while we are gone. Have a great week!

The Butterfly Project: Day 12

Release Day

We didn't want to subject the butterflies to a 3 hour car ride, so we released them today before leaving for the beach. Lilypad Princess gently brought each butterfly out of the house, one at a time, and released them into the air. We let them go next to our butterfly house, hoping they will return for the rest of the summer so we can watch them grow.

The Butterfly Project: Day 11

We have 5 butterflies! All the caterpillars successfully hatched into beautiful Painted Lady butterflies. When we woke up this morning there were still only 2, by noon all 5 were stretching their wings and learning to fly.

Too Quiet

Too quiet + LP under a table = TROUBLE

The Butterfly Project: Day 10

We have butterflies!



We woke up this morning to find two butterflies stretching out their wings in their new home. Somehow during the night the butterfly house was knocked off the dining room hutch. The three remaining cocoons have stuck themselves to other parts of the house, and two had hatched into beautiful, Painted Lady butterflies.







Lilypad Princess was very excited to head outside to pick flowers off our butterfly bush to feed them, along with some cut up watermelon. Forster was too busy trying to figure out a way to get to them to worry about what they were eating.

National Night Out Against Crime

Tonight is the National Night Out Against Crime. It is a chance for people to get to know their local police department and community members. Check out your local community to see if they are participating.

Our city will have a bounce house, face painting, Operation Safe Child fingerprinting, lessons for kids on escaping burning buildings, music, K-9 officers, a police dunk tank and much more. I will be helping our local police department run a Child Safety Seat information booth. This is my first chance to really get involved since my seat check and I am really looking forward to it.

The Butterfly Project: Day 6

The caterpillars are still going through metamorphis inside their caterpillars. Nothing new to update today (I added day 3 and 4 below if you are interested.)

I Never Want to Forget

You are my best friend.

Said as she pulled me down to give me one last hug before I left her room tonight.