Look Honey...I rigged it...

Yes, this may be a long story.

The week of Christmas my mother, aunt and I were doing some last minute shopping and stopped at a local educator store. They had a cup of caterpillars on the counter and I inquired about them. The lady behind the counter said that the company had sent them a box-full accidentally. What??? Really??? She asked if we wanted them...so of course I thought sure, why not? Clara would loved to watch the metamorphosis take place and Jak may be interested in some part of it so sure, we'll take the cup of "callapittars."

My family and I finish up paying for our presents and then get ready to leave and the lady behind the counter comes out from the back room with a box; a rather large box. I managed to peek inside before I got it to the car and voila; there were seven little cups of caterpillars. Wow...we are going to have a LOT of observation going on and a LOT of metamorphosissing going on. (Yes, I know that isn't an official word; but I liked it.) Today we had some of our first friends arrive...so we had to make their house up quickly. I don't know about you, but I don't have a lot of butterfly habitats hanging around my house so we had to rig something up pretty fast. And so we did...

Like it?

The hatchlings seem happy and we have lots more to go. We'll keep you posted on their progress.

I Make No Apologies....yet...

PROMISES, PROMISES!!

Here it is the new year and many people are in the midst of making their resolutions. So what kind of resolutions are you making? Are you promising to do something more or are you resolving to quit doing something else? Are you going to lose weight? Are you going to take less for granted? What shall it be?

I don't honestly know where to begin for my "new me." I have many things I could improve upon and the one I will begin with is my apologies. I find myself "sorry" too often for too many things and quit often there is nothing I should be apologizing for. I have sincere thoughts and a sound mind so why should I apologize for expressing my opinions when asked for them? So therefore....I will NOT.

YEARLY PHOTOS

We finally got the children to the photographer. I love taking their Christmas pictures and seeing how much they've grown throughout the year. This year we decided to do some more casual looking pictures and I think they enjoyed it. I know that I did. We really got to see their personalities this time as well.