So a student of mine brought in some caterpillars and two of them were for us to bring home. The boys have loved (as have I!) watching it turn into its cocoon, etc. Well the other day that cocoon was suddently a butterfly! The boys were SOOOOO excited! When we talked about how we were going to have to let it go and let it return to nature Chris got very sad. "But mom, I want to keep him!" We had to have a long talk about how it needed to find its other friends and family and that they were all going to have to leave soon when the weather changed. After talking for a while, we decided it was time to let him go....
Although after waiting outside for about 30 minutes and it still sitting in the cage we decided to let it just sit...and sit....and sit! :) Finally sometime overnight it flew away. We have seen a monarch flying around here and Chris swears that it is our friend! How sweet!
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