Painted Ladies

Two of our Painted Lady Butterflies have emerged from their cocoons....so cool. We didn't see them in the process; they were already out when we woke up this morning. There are three left and we're hoping to catch at least one of them in the act. Here is a great video I found online showing the life cycle of the painted lady... awesome!

"Beautiful and graceful, varied and enchanting, small but approachable, butterflies lead you to the sunny side of life. And everyone deserves a little sunshine." ~Jeffrey Glassberg

Random

The seeds are planted.

Little Miss insisted they were growing 5 minutes later.

Another photo of our grassheads...just because.

Little Miss on the way to her cousin's pirate party...she was very excited!

AAAARGH!

I love being able to take a walk outside and 5 minutes later be able to look at this on my kitchen window sill....Spring is here!

"Living is more a question of what one spends than what one makes."

-Marcel Duchamp

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Science in the Spring

There are mini science lessons going on all around us this Spring.

We ordered some caterpillars that are now in the Pupa stage. In another 7-10 days, we're hoping to have butterflies. I successfully transferred them to the other container...that was stressful!

This little bunny was so scared; it's hard to tell how small he is, but if you look at the dandelion next to him, it gives you more of an idea. I hope his momma found him.

And, our yearly treat....a Robin's Nest...this year there are 4 eggs. Last year there were 5 eggs, but sadly they didn't all make it out of the nest successfully.


Hoe while it is spring, and enjoy the best anticipations. It is not much matter if things do not turn out well.
~Charles Dudley Warner

Baby Gift-a quick one!

A month ago, I saw this post on Ashley's blog.

I was excited to make some, but didn't have anyone to make them for; now I do.

This project was super quick and easy. It took me 20 minutes from start to finish and I did it while I was on the telephone....is that rude? Sorry.

"A new baby is like the beginning of all things wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities."

- Eda J. Le Shan

Bald

A few weeks back I did this post.

Our bald heads now have hair. Although we think "Bald is Beautiful", we're kind of excited to see the green heads of hair on all the pots.

...and speaking of bald...my cousin's baby...just because she's so darn cute!

..and just because it has the word bald in it,

"Experience is like a comb that life gives you when you are bald."

-Navjot Singh Sidhu

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I think I was born wanting to be a mother and now I get to live in the reality of motherhood each and every minute of the day. Sunday will be my 8th Mother's Day, yet I can still remember what it was like to ache for a baby that would call me Mommy. Two selfless young couples healed the hurt when they trusted me to be the Mommy to their babies and I am blessed and grateful to have the best job in the world! To all birthmothers...thank you for choosing adoption and Happy Mother's Day!

I had a link to a video of "Everything to Me" by Mark Schultz on yesterday's post. It wasn't the best quality, so here's a better one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPYaRJOWznk

For birthfamily gifts this year, we kept it simple. Artwork and pictures always seem like a good idea.

Here are Little Miss' finished butterflies. She drew the butterfly, but I must admit, I did end up painting a couple of them...she got bored. (Excuse the poor photos in this post...very bad light and wrong settings will make for wonky photos.)

Here are E's mini canvases.

They also decorated magnetic frames...they're in my last post here.

"He is mine in a way that he will never be hers, yet he is hers in a way that he will never be mine, and so together, we are motherhood." ~desha wood

Phew!

We've been busy around here. It's always such a crazy time of year with one event after another; it's sometimes hard to enjoy it, but we're working on it.

The kids have been creating Mother's Day gifts. We're mailing out birthfamily gifts tomorrow. Saturday is Birthmother's Day. Read more about my feelings on that here.

I'll be uploading the pictures of the finished butterflies soon. They're really cute!

Speaking of butterflies, our caterpillars have arrived and they are starting to form their crysalis'. Sooooo cool!

More Mother's Day stuff!

"May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sunAnd find your shoulder to light on,To bring you luck, happiness and richesToday, tomorrow and beyond".~Irish Blessing