They are here.

It's that time of year again. The time when Kael anxiously awaits the arrival of his special package from Uncle Thien. He doesn't know what he gets, but he knows it's going to be something cool. The real unknown is: how many legs? I've already established the Golden Rule of NO WINGS. If it flies, it dies. Tragically, an accident, could be by a shoe, or maybe a rolled up newspaper. However the accident happens, it will fly no more. I don't care where it came from, I don't care if it flew a million miles to land on Thien's desk and he sent it to Kael. If it flies, it dies. That is the rule.

Kael opening his long awaited package.

In the past Thien has sent us the silkworms in a box. A box. He plops them in, packs it with leaves and sends them on their way. They eat and eat, and by the time Kael gets them (2 days later) they have grown enough to literally burst out of the box when it's opened. This time Thien got fancy and put them in a container, which baffled Kael.

Prepping their new home.

Transferring the silkworms. Taede is so fascinated. Thanks to Kael, he loves bugs. In fact, "bug" was one of his first words.

Close-up. Why can't my kid be interested in something like.... grass? Or food? Or... or.... or even rocks. Why bugs?!

"What the heck is that?! Is it moving?!!"

Kael and worm, reunited.

All you squeamish people out there, this one's for you.

Taede was trying to grab the silkworms and Truong blocked him. We didn't want squishy worms. That would be very very bad.

But Taede was so insistent on touching one...

Miss Malia holding a silkworm, which I was a little surprised at since she's never wanted to hold them in the past. She's coming along, our little Princess. She let the ginormous Australian Leaf Insect crawl all over her and now she's holding a silkworm. Great -- all 3 kids are comfortable with bugs. Just freaking great.

Taede finally gets to hold one solo. His first time. He's being so careful.

"I told you you can trust me."

I can just see the battle to hold the worms each time we change out the leaves. It's going to be hard keeping him out of the box.