Ladybugs...

We've been looking at these cartons of ladybugs every time we go to Ace Hardware for nearly two  months now.  We went to Ace to pick up a few things on Christmas clearance and broke down and bought the ladybugs.  We've had problems with white flies destroying plants on our side yard, and supposedly ladybugs can assist with this problem.  We had fun releasing them a bit before dusk as the instructions suggested....

I know I'm partial, but she is so beautiful in this picture.  She looks like a model in a ladybug advertisement!  She has gotten so she loves to wear her hair down now, and it makes her look so grown up!!

"bug, bug!"

Quite a few perished at the hands of Olivia, but with over 1500 ladybugs, I think we did alright!

Madeline was a bit squeamish at first, but then let them climb all over her.

Looking for ladybugs in the strawberry plants.

Go forth and multiply, and eat lots of white flies, little lady bugs.

We'll see how successful they are at taking care of our white fly problem.  If not, at least it was a fun experiment!