bye bye butterfly

We took our butterflies out to the garden today and let them go!

Saying goodbye

The girls were a little apprehensive.

The boys, on the other hand, wanted to make sure our butterflies had enough flowers in front of them at all times.

One of the butterflies landed on Caleb's toes and stayed there for awhile.

We had five butterflies. Some flew around our garden for awhile and some flew over the fence right away. Jared told them, "Go see the world!"

The kids hoped a few would fly back to visit. Wouldn't you want to come back to this little garden to see these sweet faces?

Lily finally spotted one and Gracie said, "Well, I guess this one only wanted to see half of the world."

I noticed Caleb sitting on the bench all by himself holding out his hand. He was quietly saying, "Come fly over here if you need a nice hand to rest on."

Sweet, sweet boy.