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# butterflies
- URL: https://www.bradenanderin.com/butterflies-2/
- Published: 2019-06-20T19:52:40.000Z
- Updated: 2019-06-20T19:53:11.000Z
- Author: erin
- Tags: kids, around the house, #Import 2023-10-16 11:47

A couple weeks ago I ordered a cup of caterpillars.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/37/53/3753a80f-8fde-4050-bece-f7bceee6e14c/content/images/2019/06/IMG_20190610_161259-1.jpg)

I wasn't sure the teeny, tiny caterpillars we got were going to turn into butterflies. This was a couple days after we got them, and they had already grown a lot.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/37/53/3753a80f-8fde-4050-bece-f7bceee6e14c/content/images/2019/06/IMG_20190604_145144.jpg)

They kept growing and growing in their little cup. After about a week they all climbed to the top and started to make their chrysalis.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/37/53/3753a80f-8fde-4050-bece-f7bceee6e14c/content/images/2019/06/IMG_20190610_091450-1.jpg)

I don't know how much time I've spent staring at our 6 chrysalis waiting for something to happen. Finally on day 10 we came home from the pool and we had a butterfly!

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/37/53/3753a80f-8fde-4050-bece-f7bceee6e14c/content/images/2019/06/IMG_20190619_165043.jpg)

The next day we had 4 more!

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/37/53/3753a80f-8fde-4050-bece-f7bceee6e14c/content/images/2019/06/IMG_20190620_105120.jpg)  
![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/37/53/3753a80f-8fde-4050-bece-f7bceee6e14c/content/images/2019/06/IMG_20190620_105644.jpg)

We're heading to Colorado, so we released the 5 butterflies into our butterfly garden.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/37/53/3753a80f-8fde-4050-bece-f7bceee6e14c/content/images/2019/06/IMG_20190620_115742.jpg)  
![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/37/53/3753a80f-8fde-4050-bece-f7bceee6e14c/content/images/2019/06/IMG_20190620_120115.jpg)  
![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/37/53/3753a80f-8fde-4050-bece-f7bceee6e14c/content/images/2019/06/IMG_20190620_115812_1.jpg)  
![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/37/53/3753a80f-8fde-4050-bece-f7bceee6e14c/content/images/2019/06/IMG_20190620_115842.jpg)  
![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/37/53/3753a80f-8fde-4050-bece-f7bceee6e14c/content/images/2019/06/IMG_20190620_115924.jpg)

The 6th chrysalis is making the trip with us.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/37/53/3753a80f-8fde-4050-bece-f7bceee6e14c/content/images/2019/06/IMG_20190620_145132.jpg)

Also making the trip with us.... 4 monarch caterpillars.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/37/53/3753a80f-8fde-4050-bece-f7bceee6e14c/content/images/2019/06/IMG_20190620_144920.jpg)

I'm storing 2 bags of milkweed leaves in the fridge to feed them. Just wanted to make sure Braden didn't think it was lettuce. 😂

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/37/53/3753a80f-8fde-4050-bece-f7bceee6e14c/content/images/2019/06/IMG_20190619_200523.jpg)