Savannah got a really cool "Butterfly Bungalow" from Auntie KK, Uncle Kevin & Coco for Christmas. It came with butterfly larvae, which turned into caterpillars, then cocoons & eventually 9 butterflies. Savannah named each and every butterfly & feeds them everyday. Seeing as the butterflies are only expected to live about 2 weeks, I decided that maybe we could let them go outside last week while it was warm, so we didn't have to deal with the sad reality of them all dying. Savannah was all for the idea of letting her new friends go play outside, until she realized it was permanent and that she wouldn't see them again... then the meltdown occured (she is bawling in the bottom picture). It turns out the butterflies really didn't want to leave--- after an hour not one had flown out of the tent. So back inside they went up to Savannah's bedroom. We have 5 butterflies left now-- one died on Savannah's watch and she actually handled it very well, much better than my attempt at freeing them!
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