17 Months!

Eli kept trying to put this bandana put on his head.



Then he would take it off and try to put it on again.   He spent about 30 minutes putting it on and taking it off.  It was really funny!

Raising Butterflies

The boys were quite excited to find cateripllars in the mail!  We decided to put them on the mantle, so Eli couldn't get them...



After a few days, they each formed a chrysallis.  A week later, the butterflies came out!




We had a total of five.  We gave them a snack, so they would have energy to fly away (the red liquid is waste produced by the butterfly, and isn't blood, even though it looks like it!)



Some of them were more eager to take flight than others,  so we had to make several attempts to get them out of their enclosure.  Evenatully they all left.  We spent about 2 weeks looking for them every time we went outside,  but we haven't seen them.  The boys were hoping they would live on our butterfly bush and never go away!

Happy 9th Birthday, Seth!

Seth celebrated his birthday at Adventure Landing this year (almost two months ago--I'm behind on my blogging, as always).  Here's his cake:



Seth directed his "Happy Birthday" song.  He decided that his friends did a pretty good job!



I think he had some help blowing out his candles!



After they ate pizza and cake, they played laser tag!  I didn't get any pictures, though.  I have found that I often forget to take pictures when I'm chasing a toddler...

Happy Birthday, Seth!