This one's for you, Kyler!!

This post is for you, Kyler!!
First off I think I should give a little background info.
Kyler is in a computer class at school this semester. During the class he is given time to look up pictures, collect information, and do research on the web for various projects he's involved with; however; he's not suppose to use classroom time to check his e-mail (thank you teachers!!) Well, this of course got Kyler's creative juices flowing. How could he communicate with me during school hours and still make sure he's not breaking any classroom rules? Voila...problem solved! Just log into the family blog and comment on different posts. Blogger sends the comments directly to my e-mail and Kyler manages to get out what he wants to say without getting in any trouble. Since I'm sure he'll be checking the blog again today I thought I'd dedicate an entry to him.

Kyler's back to raising caterpillars this spring and summer. He currently has 6 Painted Lady caterpillars he's been raising the past couple of weeks. As a mom I've been a tiny bit worried about these little critters because Kyler is banking on the health and well-being of the butterflies for his end of the year advanced science project (talk about stressful!). Yesterday 3 butterflies emerged and it was already looking a little shaky. The first butterfly to emerge was missing half a leg, the second butterfly emerged and thankfully looks perfect so far, but then the third came out with totally dis-formed wings. Poor girl can't fly, but gets around pretty well by walking. Kyler set up a big terrarium out back complete with host plants, flowers, and nectar for the butterflies to live and hopefully thrive. He's now going to start collecting data on which host plants the butterflies will lay the most eggs on (fingers crossed he gets a mix of male and female butterflies or this little experiment will tank before it even begins!!) Well today the last 3 butterflies came out. Butterflies #4, #5, and #6 all look great. I hope this makes your day Kyler!! Here's a couple photos for you. See you in a couple of hours.


And on a completely unrelated topic.....We've had a robin nesting outside our front door who is named Ellie (daddy is named Carl. Can you tell Caleb had just finished the movie UP when he decided on their names?). Ellie and Carl are officially parents. Hopin' these babies get cuter pretty quick because so far they're not the cuddliest little babies I've seen around.