From caterpillars to butterflies...

Early one morning, a few weeks ago, I went out to cut some of my flat parsley & oregano for my spaghetti sauce. Sitting on my parsley, having a nice meal were these beautiful caterpillars. I took a few of them and put them in our insect cage. The kids and I made sure to feed the greedy little things at least twice a day. We ended up with 4 chrysalis. Over the last week all four of the butterflies have emerged with beautiful black, yellow and blue wings. So exciting! The last one to emerge was still trying out his wings. He let us hold him while he "dried" out. He finally flew away.

We are all doing very well. Jacob had his first chance to do a little local mission work. He & Jason helped our college ministry do "We-Haul". Helping college students move into the dorms, inviting them to our church, and passing out water to the thirsty. His favorite part was finding the dorm room number. It was a great experience and he wants to go back & help next year.

Laura Rose will soon be 3, on Sept. 1st. Can hardly believe it! We are planning a little party with friends at the park this week. She is really a sweet girl. She is lively, that is for sure. I have to tell you this - she is just as smart as her brother! We have the US map hanging up for our school and she points to Orlando and says, "there is Disney World." THEN she points to Idaho and Delaware and says, "this is the Daddy (Idaho) and this is the baby (Delaware)". The shape of the states are very similar, Idaho is big and Delaware is little. Isn't that so smart?

Our bible verse for this week: Don't just listen to the Word, do what it says. James 1:22

We are starting our unit study on space this week. Hoping to visit the planetarium in Nashville really soon for our first field trip for this school year.