Baby Birds

We have baby birds in the nest!!

Mama Bird laid 4 eggs and I think that at least 3 of them have hatched.  There are 2 birds that are in the front area and seem to be thriving.  It is hard to see much because we don't want to bother the nest, babies and Mama Bird.  At least one was chirping when I went out to get this picture today.  We (the boys and I) were able to watch as Mama Bird came to the nest with something in her mouth (hoping it was food for the babies) yesterday afternoon.  Glad to see that she is doing what she can for her babies and the boys were excited to watch from inside the house!

 

Feed Me!!!

 

Backporch Bird Nest

We noticed Sunday that we have a bird nest inside one of our folding chairs.  We are not sure what kind of bird, but it is small (about 5-6 inches tall) and looks kinda like a finch.  It is brownish grey and we have only seen one bird so far.  Yesterday afternoon I was checking on it and noticed that there was an egg inside.  This morning I found 2 eggs inside!  Sheba (our dog) just ignores the chair when she is outside, so we are not concerned with her bothering it.  The boys have been told to not mess with the chair or the nest and so far they are not interested in it at all (which is a good thing!). 

The bird nest is nestled down into the chair with the opening on the side. 

Can't wait to see baby birds hatching!!

 

Yesterday, there was one egg when I took the picture.

 

 

New Glasses

This past year, David has had trouble with reading.  One of our concerns was his eyesight and yesterday he went for his very first Eye Exam.  He did fantastic!  He was very cooperative and responded well to the doctor.  The only thing he was not happy about was one of the eye drops that helps dilate the eye because it stung a little bit.  His eyes look really healthy (according to the doctor) and he only has a slight prescription.  She said that it was up to us if we wanted him to get glasses or not; we chose to get him glasses.  He picked out a really neat pair of Nike glasses that are mostly bright blue with some blue-green added inside the ear pieces.  He is really excited about them and we are hoping that they will help with seeing the letters clearly when reading. 

 

Now, if we can just get him to pronounce words and letters correctly......



Hair Cuts

Chris decided (and I okay'd it) to give the boys short hair cuts tonight as a result of what happened to David earlier this week.

 

Here are the Before and After pictures......

 

Before

Before

 

 

After

After

Rest Time

Sunday afternoon 'Rest Time' at our house is usually pretty quiet.  The boys usually get to watch a movie while laying on their pillows on the couches and covered with their blankets.  Not yesterday.  Both boys lost the movie privilege so David was sleeping on his bed and Michael was on the small couch. 

He eventually fell asleep... 

Sheba likes to sleep on the couch as well.  She also likes their blankets.

 

Ice Skating

This past Saturday, David was invited to attend a Pizza and Ice Skating birthday party for one of his classmates.  Michael and I tagged along.  We had a great time!  Chris had to work, so he missed out on all the fun, but got to see pictures at dinner (we met him at the McDonald's that is in Wal-Mart) and hear about it from the boys.  The boys had never been skating (any kind of skating) before and I haven't been skating since ???????  We all laughed so hard! 
The boys fell quite a lot at the beginning and then David took off and did great!  It was almost like watching someone who had skated several times before!  I think we found a sport that he can do well in.  Michael took a bit longer to get his rhythm, but when he did it was way too funny to watch!  I did good to take pictures while skating on the ice, so I wasn't able to get any video of his style.  It was kind of a penguin waddle, while running on his toes.  I did fine as long as no one touched me and was very proud of myself for staying on my skates the whole time!  I didn't fall, however, I did check Michael into the wall quite a lot when he would grab my leg!
Some of the pictures are dark, but enjoy them anyway!

 

 

Skates are on

David starting out

Michael trying to not fall

Holding on and having fun

'Breakdancing' on the ice
(actually falling, but doing a neat job of it!)
 

Look, I'm skating

Two tired and wet little boys and one aching Mama!
We skated for about 2 hours.

Look what we found!

While shopping for a few things at Kohl's today, we decided to get a new ornament for everyone. Michael got a teddy bear with his initial and David got a sparkly dog. We picked out a motorcycle for Daddy and Mama got a Russian doll.

 

Fun da Middle Cupcakes

I've wanted to try the Fun da Middle cupcake mix but haven't until today.  I bought the yellow cupcake mix that has chocolate in the middle.  I really like that it only makes 12.  Of course, after I got home I realized that I didn't have any cupcake liners, so Chris was nice and went to Randall's (the nearest store) to get some.  They really were easy to mix, fill & bake.  I had a can of ivy green cupcake frosting already in the pantry to top them with.

The boys and I had cupcakes after dinner tonight.

 

 



Lost Teeth

About 3 weeks ago, David mentioned that he had 2 teeth that were loose.  We explained that it was normal and that the teeth should fall out on their own soon.  After a week of no falling out, we noticed that there was an adult tooth coming in right behind the 2 loose teeth.  We made an appointment for David to see the dentist and see if they need to be pulled or just left alone.  Daddy took David to the appointment and he did really great!  They did the normal check-up stuff and then decided that the teeth needed to go so that the one coming in would come in straight (we hope!).  David did great (according to Daddy) during the procedure and didn't have any problems with the gas.  He was eating normal foods the next day (soft foods that night) and hasn't had any problems.

 

 



Fun

Not quite ready to fill Daddy's shoes, but trying to!

David jumping off the diving board



Zoo fun

Last Wednesday (July 25), we went to the zoo.  It was a really nice day with little to no chance of rain for the morning/day.  It was rather hot and muggy, but few people in the morning.  We got there around 9:30 and left at about 1:00.  Just as we were leaving the area, it started to rain!  Talk about good timing!  We took the boys on the carousel and through the Dinosaur exhibit.  They really enjoyed it!

Chris took some really good pictures of the animals....