Lots and lots of lady bugs!

We met a friend and her daughter at the park yesterday and since our children are really country kids living in a city, instead of playing on the large play structure, they decided that chasing the lady bugs in the field was so much more fun! As it was almost time to leave the lady bugs that Silas and his friend Amanda had caught kept managing to escape out of their hands. A lady nearby heard us talking about lady bugs and noticed how we were trying to find one more so they each had one to take home. She mentioned that she had seen a sign at a nearby nursery that said they had lady bugs for sale. I convinced Silas to let his friend take the remaining lady bug home and told him we would go buy some from the nursery.

We drove the 5 minutes to the nursery and I never saw a sign saying they had lady bugs so I went in and asked them if they sold them. They said yes they did and grabbed me a small container of them. I thanked them and went to pay. When I got to the counter my total was 7.95. I thought that seemed high for the small container I had, but figured it was totally worth it for the joy the kids would have playing with the bugs. I got in the car, handed the container to Silas and drove out of the parking lot. As I drove away my eye caught the sign that was advertising the lady bugs. It said: "1,500 lady bugs...just $7.95!!! Oh my goodness! I just bought 1,500 lady bugs!! I would have never imagined that small container could hold so much! Needless to say Silas was a pretty happy guy and had enough to share and then some! We decided to let them go at the park Easter morning!