In my little garden…

…lives a little butterfly.

We have been collecting caterpillars lately.  And making weekly trips to the Butterfly House at the Science Museum.

And watching Charlie and Lola’s ‘Beetles Bugs and Butterflies’. daily.

And memorizing ‘The Children’s Guide to Insects and Spiders” nightly.

And now I have a little butterfly of my own.

My little butterfly is FOUR days old and I don’t think this ‘butterfly garden dress’ or ‘butterfly garden hair tails’ are going anywhere soon.  I am sure I will be getting grief over this one but let me first tell you about the most endearing bit of my little butterfly.  It is when he stomps around (no flitting or  floating) with his dirty face, scraped up knees, a car in each hand, and SHOUTS in his loud, low raspy voice “MOM!  LOOK!! I AM A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY AND I AM GOING TO EAT THE BLACK SCORPIAN”  followed by loud airplane and bombing noises of course.  I love my little butterfly boy.