My son was outside playing today when I heard him hollar, "Mom! Look! there's an animal". Now let me just say, last time he told me there was an "animal" in the bedroom it turned out to be the fattest, largest, most hideous spider that I have ever seen (and I've seen some doosies). Seriously, it was huge! So, with that in mind I hurried out to see what sort of beauty he may have found. There on the wall of the house was the largest, fattest, most fascinating caterpillar I have ever seen! We love a Magic School Bus DVD about caterpillars and butterflies. It teaches how caterpillars have markings and movements that help them look like a snake when they are faced with danger. As a child, I played with tiny and cute caterpillars out in the field. In my life expierence I had never seen anything remotely similar to what the DVD teaches. But today we got to meet one up close and personal and watch it in action! I gently relocated it to a tree and then had a photo session. Every time it felt nervous it would raise and sway the front part of its body, causing the effect of a snake head. Amazing!
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| Yes, it was large! |
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| See the "snake head"? |
While I was resizing the caterpillar pictures, I saw more pictures that would be fun to share, so I kept going. The next two are espcially for my SIL, Angie.
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| Meet "Candy" |
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| Our new neighbor |
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| Cuteness! |
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| Good times at English VBS 2011 |
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Mic's current favorite past time.
Pestering...errr...playing with the dog. |
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| Sticks, rocks and making noise = Macqueens idea of a good time |
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| "chocolate eyes" |
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The latest extreme sport of choice? Mountain climbing!
...all in the safety of our own yard. |
