Fred is now a Butterfly

About a month ago, while playing in the park, Alexander found a caterpillar. He named him Fred. "He is my new friend, he is a part of our family."
We decided to take Fred home with us. On the way home Alexander was in the backseat holding and talking to his new friend. "This is our car, Fred." "This is our street, it is called Elk Hollow" "Fred, I am so happy you are in our family." "Fred here is our house."
Once inside, Alana helped Alexander make him a little home. The next morning when we came down to check on Fred we were so excited to see he had made a cocoon.
Every morning Alexander would check on Fred in his cocoon. And then it happened! Fred, the Butterfly popped out of the cocoon. It was so exciting, he was so beautiful.
Jason helped take Fred outside to let him stretch his wings. Alexander was very excited to see him fly, at least until he flew away. It was very upsetting. Alexander was so sad that his buddy Fred, had flown away. After explaining to him that Fred just wanted to go see his other Butterfly family and he would always come back to visit, Alexander calmed down.
Now every Butterfly we see Alexander exclaims, "There is Fred!" or "There is Fred's mom!"
It was such an awesome experience to have in our family. I think that every time any of us see a butterfly we will think of Fred.