Random pictures from the past month and a half

I usually take painstaking care to arrange our pictures in precise order and end up spending three hours posting on our blog. No wonder I don't post more often ; ) I say this to explain that today I just sat down and started uploading pictures. The end result is a random, hodgepodge of activities. I hope you don't mind that we will be traveling back and forth thru time on this post.

The first set of pictures are of our latest "pet" - Heimlich the caterpillar. One day Daniel and Emilie went for a little walk together to pick flowers for me. We put them in a bottle in the kitchen window sill. The next day we noticed on one of the stems was a little worm. We allowed him to stay and decided to observe him. He was less than an inch long and very thin. One day he was missing all day (he had fallen off his stem and he was so small, it was hard to find him). As time passed, we began to notice that he was getting longer and fatter. We placed him in a jar with rocks and flower stems sticking up through the holes in the top. He was quite fun to watch as he moved about in his new habitat and GREW!!! Then one day, he started to be still and shrink. We figured he would make a cocoon, but he just looked like a hard shell and did not attach to any of the stems. We were afraid he had died because we had not provided the proper habitat. We placed his shell in a butterfly habitat and there he stayed for a few weeks. We felt kind of silly keeping a "dead bug." Then one morning we found a moth flitting about in the netting ; ) It was really neat.

Heimlich

Heimlich's empty shell

Just before he formed his shell. He was HUGE!

Heimlich the moth

Letting him go

Uncle Hans Discher (Mr. Discher's brother) gave Daniel a few plants. Daniel and Daddy transplanted them in my parents compost/garden area. Daniel is faithful to water them. He loves to sit in a chair and just watch them grow. Thank you Uncle Hans.

There are two tomatoes already! We can't wait until they are ready to eat!

Tiny strawberry plants

Now, let's travel back in time to January. The following pictures are from a "field trip" to observe the sugar caning process.

Watching the cane juice poor into the bucket

The Country Cousins

R.G., Matthew & Daniel Miller

Kitty, Sarah, Grace & Peter Discher

Callie & Mary Stricklen

What a blessing this family is to ours

Daniel & Emilie standing next to the sugar cane mill

Emilie and Emma Jane Discher

Sadie with Markie Discher and Stacy Graves

Boys can't resist climbing things, especially piles of things ; )

Okay, girls can't resist climbing either ; )

Now let's travel forward in time.

Sadie crocheted this vest as a gift for Markie. She is very talented, never even used a pattern!

Sweet friends

Easter we joined the Frodge clan for church

Emilie and Daniel playing with their friends, CJ Stricklen, Andrew & Joey Miller

The kids helped Mr. Frodge collect grapefruit off the ground to feed to the cows

Daniel and Uncle Hans

Sweet little girls

Rachel Miller, Emilie and Emma Jane Discher (peeka boo!)

Here we are working on a Science project

Emilie loves cutting

My hard working children

Daniel is still fascinated with all things aeronautical

Two of his creations

Thanks for traveling back and forth in time with us. I hope you enjoyed the journey.