It is time to take them from their little home and transport them into their bigger home.
We always hire Geoff for these more delicate operations!
How often do you see this???? Amazing or what?
New spacious home for the soon to be painted butterflies!
Oh yea, Geoff forgot to take his camera!!!! Never mind. You and I must use our imaginations!
Max is such a fun child...and very mischievous by nature! He is big enough to get pretty much what he wants out of the pantry and fridge and is often seen running to either saying, "Hmm, I want something!"
OOBLICK...a mixture of cornstarch and water is TOO FUN! This would be fun for Max as well, but he is in the "eating everything you shouldn't" stage of life so Justin had a blast with the Ooblick after Max went to bed. I have to admit, it is fun to play with!!!
Max...just today I found him out back behind a bush eating dirt! His favorites lately seem to be chalk and plain butter....OHHHHHHHHH Max!
It has been AMAZING to watch these little guys grow! We are able to see so much more detail now and it has been SO FUN! We are very anxious to see the Chrysalis stage!
Justin will officially begin cub scouts in June, but the cub leader brought in a Falconer tonight and knew Justin would really enjoy the presentation, so invited him. We all Loved seeing these incredible birds...AMAZING!
After some work at home, we went to Merrill Park where the city puts up an exhibit of flags in honor of those from Eagle who have died in battle--it's a very beautiful site.
We then went on a hike from the Park to Rock Island...which is almost nonexistent due to the high flow of the river...but still OH SO WONDERFUL!!!!
Making lizard traps
A very cool Swiss Family Robinson like arbor!!
We Stopped at the banks of Rock Island for a picnic and some rock skipping.
A hike back, some time on the playground, and home for a little work. For Family Night we ate pizza and made chocolate milkshakes that were DELICIOUS (rice milk, bananas, carob powder, and coconut milk icecream sweetened with agave)!
Justin, Geoff and I played Zarehemla and are still speaking to each other...ha ha!
Max
Justin
Geoff and JaNae
Max--checking on the birds
Down from 5 chicks to one!
Mom and Dad make a BIG FUSS when we near the nest!
Max...headin for cover from the sqwaking parents.
A Picture of Dustin & his wife Danette
When they arrived home we tried out our Volcano Stove (a little addition to our emergency preparedness collection) and cooked a little Dutch oven dinner.
Justin loved it so much, he suggested we use the stove every night! It did taste good!
Today a very exciting package arrived from the UPS truck...a little container containing 5 little larvae...soon to be 5 beautiful Painted Lady butterflies. Over the next 3 week we will watch the larvae grow, spin their cocoons (become chrysalis'), and make the amazing transformation into beautiful butterflies.
Can you believe this? Right in the little bush in our own back yard we get to observe the day by day growth of these little chicks...How very cool it has been to watch them grow! Three of the chicks have hatched and are cute little "pink puff balls". We're waiting for the other two to make their appearance.
This is the anxious Father, a red-winged Black bird, watching us from above. He always twitters and tweets and squeaks when we get close to his nest.
Here are the the quilts. The top is finished and ready to be donated. The bottom one still needs to be tied. (Next Enrichment!) 
By Thursday morning at 10:00 am (when we met at the church to set the quilts up to tie), we had managed to finish two entire quilts. It was a miracle to me! Justin was an amazing helper. He beautifully arranged most of the squares, and then brought them to me at the sewing machine in perfect order. We had an amazing system going. Being so pregnant, I couldn't have been more grateful for his help. In fact, I can't imagine such a project without his help!
Of course Max had his hand in the project too. He loved sitting on my lap while I sewed. He was completely fascinated with the sewing machine. Not quite as much help as Justin :) but oh so much fun!
Justin also enjoyed a little sewing of his own. I love that I can let him do projects like this with such confidence. He is careful and so responsible.
Every Tuesday morning Holly Scott and I take turns watching each others kids while the other goes to the Temple. It's been a GREAT arrangement, and especially nice to have a consistent schedule. AND the kids LOVE to play with each other...an added bonus!
