Milkweed Time Again

Evidently there has been a nation-wide shortage of monarchs this year. We have had scouts checking our normal monarch breeding ground for eggs with absolutely no success. We were so sad to think that we may not get to witness metamorphosis this year.

And then we had great news! The season was just getting a really late start. We headed to Harry Moss Park to scout out some monarch eggs to adopt, and we were hoping to find enough to share with Clayton and Oliver too.

Inspecting the milkweed for eggs. O took his job extremely seriously. I think Noah was just excited to get to hold the "big cissors."

Eureka! After much hunting, we had what we thought was six eggs and enough juicy milkweed for them to nosh on for a bit.

Heading back to the van with our new babies.


I must have been delusional because when we got home, I could only find 3 of the six eggs I thought we had. I was so bummed! We gave two to our cousins and kept one guy for ourselves. However, the next day, Dad called to report that he was growing several stalks of milkweed in his flower bed and that he thought there might be eggs on a few leaves. Hooray!! We rushed right over, and sure enough: three more eggs to watch develop.


This is one of our favorite projects all year. Not only are we witnessing a miracle right before our eyes, but it is such a tangible representation of the transformation God does in our lives when we accept Him. What good talks the Boys and I have during monarch season!