Butterfly release

Our nine butterflies were released into our backyard.  

The boys were eager to have them fly out of the "hatching" chamber. 

The butterflies were very excited when I moved them from our house to the backyard. When we opened the top, a couple of the butterflies flew out instantly--almost running into Bam and Bob.  By the end of the day all nine butterflies were free.

I did find this one in our yard later on.  

Learning about the butterfly life cycle has been fun.  The boys were very excited about the caterpillars.  Bam even took them to preschool to show his classmates.  The boys lost interest during the chrysalides stage, but were excited when the butterflies appeared.