Baby birds

Today, Mackenzie's friend found two little birds and their nest on the ground. She "rescued" them and brought them to our house. ( I have no idea why our house becomes the central place for things like this but it does.) 

Anyway, the kids put them in a little wagon with their nest and some paper towels. They actually took pretty good care of them, besides the stress they probably caused by their hovering. The kids even ate lunch outside so they could keep an eye on them. (I gave them strict instructions to wash their hands and to not touch the birds again until after they ate.) Mason named one "Spike" and the girls named the other one "Snowball". 

So, when the birds were on the porch and had a few moments without the kids hovering over them, low and behold two adult birds showed up. There was a lot of chirping as the adults got closer and closer. Eventually they came down and fed the babies. But, I guess they can't really just pick them up and take them away so the babies stayed in our front porch all day. Bob did a pretty good job protecting them from children. :) 

Bob ended up putting them in a small tree in our front yard. I guess we'll see in the morning how they are. They are really close to being able to fly so I'm sure they won't hang around long. 

That's our excitement for the day! :) 

Mother's Day!

I had a very nice Mother's Day today. After church we went to Ruby Tuesdays, then I came home and took a nap. :) 

It's been a few weeks since my last post so here are a few of the things we've been up to. We have only 2 weeks of school left, which is exciting and stressful at the same time. 

Bob and the kids gave me a flower lei for my last Mother's Day in Hawaii. 

Kenzie loves to eat eggs and her latest thing is to eat them with food coloring. Yesterday she had red eggs and today it was blue. 

Now that Kenzie can ride a bike without training wheels she rides every chance she gets. Yesterday she came in crying because she had fallen off and landed on the end of the handlebar. She's been riding Mason's old bike and the rubber around the handle bar is kind of worn off, so it left a pretty good mark. (Don't worry the black marks next to it are temporary tattoos.) We were concerned about her ribs but she was ready to go back out and play within 10 minutes. 

I made these cupcakes for Teacher Appreciation Week. (Not for myself but for my co-workers) I saw the idea in a magazine and thought they were really cute. 

Our school Spring Concert was last Monday. Mason's class did a great job playing the recorder. They played "When the Saints go Marching In". 

Kenzie's class did a great job too. The pics are not great. Bob was helping me with my students downstairs and didn't get upstairs in time for a good seat! 

So, that's what we've been up to. Mason and Bob are working on a bird model that is due Tuesday. I'll have to post some pics when it's finished.