The Secret Life of Butterflies

Logan's our little biologist.  He got a "Caterpillar to Butterfly Kit" from Nana and Papa for Christmas.  It has been an amazing thing to watch the caterpillars eat and eat and get so fat, make their cocoons, and finally turn into beautiful butterflies.  There were times that Logan wouldn't even want to leave the house, in fear that he would miss out on one of them emerging from their cocoons.   In the pamphlet of instructions, it said that the butterflies' life span is about 2 weeks, so I thought, sounds like my kind of pet!  Things were going great!  Unfortunately, the pamphlet did not mention anything about them reproducing.  So, the other day, Logan's like, "Mom, they laid eggs!" Rob and I just dismissed it, chuckling at Logan's imagination. So, the next morning, while we were getting ready for church,  Logan informs us, "The eggs HATCHED!!"  So, my curiosity got the best of me, and no joke, there were these tiny, little baby caterpillars on my countertop!  Talk about short gestational period!   Anyways, now we're in a bit of a predicament.  We have no food to feed these tiny little caterpillars and frankly, I think the butterflies have lived a full enough life!   They've definitely been having "fun", if you know what I mean!  I told Logan that it's time to put them outside.  "But they'll die!"  (insert mommy's heart breaking right now)  "Sweetie, we don't have any food to feed their babies."  He told me to call the place that Nana got them from and ask them for the recipe of their food, so we can make them some.  LOL   Isn't there like a 'butterfly' expert I can call?    This is going to be a tough lesson on the "Circle of Life"  LOL Wish me luck!