We bought the kids some butterflies from Insect Lore this year. They arrived and we feed them and they turned into chrysalids in their little containers right before we left for the Cape for the Fourth of July. While we were there for the week they emerged from those cocoons and instead of driving them back home we released them on the last day that we were on the Cape.
Tears. There were tears. Eva was very sensitive to the butterflies being released. She had a difficult time with their release. Andrew was very cute hugging her and trying to comfort her. In the end we released seven of them with one that never emerged from the cocoon. Allison pinned that paper to the tree near where we released the butterflies on the off chance that this last one would emerge.
The Falmouth Fireworks were postponed because of the tropical storm/hurricane Arthur. But tonight was a nice night, although it was very windy the fireworks were great. I took my Samsung NX30 with me and the 16mm lens to take the photos of the fireworks. I used the fireworks setting on the camera and I think it did a great job taking fireworks. The wind sort of made it tough to take the shots but in all I got some decent ones.
I ran to Walmart earlier in the day to get some ear protection for the kids. That way, I wouldn’t have to hear how loud it was from Eva. And it was a good idea because she was able to watch all of the fireworks and enjoy them. Andrew fell asleep moments before the show started and slept right through them.
