Our Birds (& more)

Man - those baby birds are growing

FAST!!!

I have snapped a couple of pictures,

but I really need to get another one - 

they are overflowing out of the nest!!

The kids continue to enjoy watching them 

throughout the day.

Here are a couple of pictures I have taken over the last

10 days or so.

They are 2 weeks old today

(Thursday).

I have lightened some of them so you can actually see the birds better.

They were born on Thursday, April 26th.

Here they are at 4 days old

taken on Monday, April 30th

Then the following were all taken on May 3rd.

They were 1 week old here.

Here they are 9 days old.

Taken on May 5th.

Then this one was taken May 7th

(11 days)

I thought it was cute that mommy can't fit in the 

nest anymore,

so she perches on the side.

Daddy is not in the picture,

but he is just off to the right,

helping out.

What a good daddy!!

Then I grabbed this one Thursday morning, 

May 10th.

Happy 2 week birthday baby birds

(and Nana!)

Besides bird watching,

we did manage to do a few other things last week.

First off,

On Sunday,

we joined my family back in NC

via Skype for a 

"Gender Reveal Party".

(we are on the computer - this was taken of us in NC)

My sister & her hubby invited their friends and family

over for a cookout. 

Then for dessert,

she made cupcakes that had 

a color that would reveal the

sex of their baby.

To include us on the reveal,

she called a local bakery

and had them help out

by baking us a couple of cupcakes

with the middle revealing the secret.

The cupcakes were yummy.

And it was so neat to participate with the family.

And for the record...

I was right!

Monday,

we did manage to 

make it to PE last week.

And I have a couple of engineers on my hands!

The object of the game was to run from one end of the court

to the other and get a colored block.

They had to do something interesting on the way down but

I can't remember what it was.

Then build a tower as tall as you could

and it had to support the bean bag.

Here is the boys' team's first attempt:

R is threatening everyone who even breathes on it!

(kinda scary looking)

Then their second attempt:

Then A doing her thing at the other end of the court 

with the blocks she went and stole out of the pile.

And T climbing stairs...

nope, no rest for mommy.

Then Tuesday,

we went to Tae Kwon Do...

background:

R & J took Tae Kwon Do during co-op

this past semester and they really enjoyed it

especially R.

And their teacher was hosting a summer class 

on the other side of town.

R had been working us for WEEKS about attending

this class.

I really wanted to let him do it,

the price was right,

but the location was NOT!

We finally gave in

but I was off on the start date.

Thankfully his instructor e-mailed me

about uniforms on Monday

and told me she had found one

and that she would bring it the next day...

to which I responded:

"Will we see you tomorrow?"

Yep - class starts!

UGH - so much for having my Tuesdays off.

So we went to Tae Kwon Do

me & the littles sat in the back.

They followed along.

Wednesday,

I posted about that last week,

that is when we made our Apple Parfaits. 

R also has made a friend at dance class.

He now looks forward to seeing this little baby 

and making him smile and laugh

(then starts in on me about wanting 

another sibling! - no comment)

Thursday,

we went to our co-op end of semester party

which included a visit from Dinosaur George.

He brought lots of neat stuff 

(although I didn't stay inside to listen)

I did, however, walk in to see him 

holding this up!

Mercy...this is the nose of a T-Rex!

Then Friday - 

I took this picture.

I will explain why in the next post.