Early Arrival

We are proud to announce the arrival of "Triton"(named by Sadie) the butterfly today. Weighing in at 1 ounce and 2 inches long, he is a fighter. He arrived, much to our surprise, 7 months early. What does this mean for Triton? Well, his chances are not looking good even if we allow him to live in our house and grow our own parsley indoors during the winter months until spring comes, (which is NOT going to happen). We even made up a batch of sugar water and Todd used a pin to extend it's siphon mouth thing so it could eat (don't worry...I did some research and this is how to hand feed a butterfly). Triton didn't like that very much. Our plan is to wait for the rain to stop tomorrow and let him go into the wild and hope that he survives. I told Todd that I feel like I have interferred with nature. This will be the 3rd of 3 butterflies that have died while in my care. All they do is eat leaves and poop! Where did I go wrong? Sometimes I wonder why I have been entrusted with kids. Sadie has now decided that she doesn't like butterflies (up close and flying around the house), she only likes catterpillers.


I know this isn't the greatest picture but it really shows the pretty color of the underside of his wings.


He really liked the tulle I was using to make Allie's 2nd costume (trust me, that's a whole other post!)