Butterflies!!

"Painted Ladies" to be exact.  For Easter Vivi & Pops got the kids a butterfly habitat.  We ordered the caterpillars online & they arrived by mail.  We put all five of them into the habitat ... where they ate, grew, made cocoons ... and eventually turned into beautiful butterflies.  The kids really enjoyed watching the process and it was a learning experience for me too.  Our last butterfly emerged from her cocoon today & we released them all into our backyard : )

The first two butterflies emerge

... and then the second two

Ethan is crawling around Noelle who is blocking his view ... breakfast in hand

... now he can see them!

And finally the 5th butterfly is ready to go ... Release Day : )

The butterflies actually stuck around for a while & Noelle picked one up off the flowers.  It stayed on her hand for a few minutes

She giggled the whole time saying "they tickle" : ) ... she was sad when they all finally flew away for good