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! :)