Little Birdies

One of things we absolutely LOVE about our new house is how close we feel to nature again. As we sit in our backyard we are always feeling at peace with the natural surroundings, like we live in Oregon or something. How lucky we are to have found such a great backyard to create great memories with our children. One of the things we have been privileged to experience the last two months is the sound of baby birds around our house. And actually just this week, one inside our house. I have no idea how it got inside and I thought Dawson was joking when he first said, "we have a bird in our house." But sure enough, the confused baby bird must have come through an open window and found itself in our bedroom one afternoon. In any case, for some reason the birds around here build their nests on the eaves of our homes. Over the last few months we have looked into 4 of them and also seen a handful more in places we could not climb too. The boys have loved experiencing this aspect of nature. Even Sidney has learned the word for bird and screams with delight when she sees one. (Okay will the screaming ever stop?!?!?!) It has been so fun hearing the little birds chirp during the day and then finally see them emerge and have flying lessons with the mommy bird. The boys hope that we can breed bunnies next.