For Emma's birthday, Mimi gave her caterpillars which we watched grow into butterflies. This is the third year Emma has done this, and she LOVES it. Thanks, Grammy for getting us started with this! She names them and everything. Well, this Friday was the day to let them go. We started out with 6. In years past, we have always had at least 3 or 4 make it all the way to healthy adulthood. This time, we were down to two. One of the two flew away immediately. The other one, although it looked fine, apparently had something wrong with its wings. It sat on the deck railing for a while, and then dropped onto the grass below. Emma stayed outside with it for some time, waiting for it to take flight. I suspect it became rabbit food. But it was still a fun time.