Great excitement over the weekend!!!

One of the monarchs came out on Saturday...

and the other came out on Sunday!

I sure wish this had happened at school, but nature doesn't operate only within school hours.

Our first job today was to name them. We have a boy and a girl.

We brainstormed some ideas and then each of us voted. This gave us a great opportunity to practice our tally marks!

The winning names are: Cupcake and Magical!

I love these names.

Since it is raining today, we cannot let Cupcake and Magical go, so after school I fed them.

Can you see the proboscis? It is the straw tongue that they eat with.

As soon as we have a sunny day, we will let them get off on their way to Mexico!