And the creatures continue to arrive…

The first few pictures are from the day the ants came, as the boys got everything ready. We only had a few escapees, and we were able to – eventually – wrangle them back into the habitat. The ants have been working hard the past couple of days, and this is what things look like now:

Today they got their caterpillars, which are tinier than any of us envisioned. They will eventually turn into Painted Lady butterflies, which we’ll release into the yard.

And on a totally unrelated note, Tegan’s latest accomplishment is that she is now adding “getty go” (spaghetti-o) to the end of her “uh-oh”s. Here’s a current picture.

I do so love that girl!