The butterfly bush

We planted a butterfly bush earlier this week. Conall has been fascinated by caterpillars ever since we toured his new school (he'll start in August) and saw the caterpillars in the pre-K classroom. Most of the caterpillars around here have moved on, but he is still determined that he needs one. When I tried to explain this, he told me that we just need to go back to Jefferson school and get him one. He has an answer for everything! Anyway, we were hoping that he would enjoy the butterfly bush and all of the butterflies we hope it attracts. Stu pre-dug the hole and then we asked Conall, Caitlin and the two boys next door to help us dig the hole for it. Conall was excited and declared that we were having a "digging party." The kids started in on the digging, but Caitlin, who was sure she was helping, kept scooting into the hole. The other boys kept telling us she was in the hole. Conall didn't handle it so well -- just another time that Caitlin was in the way and getting all of the attention (in his eyes). Stu said that at one point he looked at Conall and was afraid that he was going to smack Caitlin on the head with the shovel. I was in charge of moving her out of the way. She kept inching forward and I kept moving her out. I finally figured out to move her further away so it would take longer for her to climb in. Here are some photos from the "digging party."