I have been re-reading "The Secret" lately. Today, I think the kids and I attracted this little yellow bird. My father-in-law would be so proud...haha! We didn't attract it on purpose, but earlier this week while we were out on a morning trail walk behind our house, we stopped to observe and admire these cute little yellow birds...about a dozen or two of them, all around us, pecking around the bushes for a morning snack. The little birds were so cute, so it stuck out in my mind.
So guess what?
When Adam came home from work today, he announced that he had a surprise for the kids. He walked in holding a jar with one of the very same little yellow birds! He had found it injured and unable to fly while he was leaving work, so he collected it into the jar with bird food and some water and brought it home. The kids had fun trying to name it. One of its eyes is damaged, so Adam wanted to name it Willie...after One-Eyed Willie. Zach wanted to name it Luigi, and Katelyn wanted to name it Krysta, after the fairy from "Fern Gully". I'm not sure what they finally decided on, but I think it might have been Sharkey. I just hope Sharkey is not carrying any diseases!! He/She is so adorable. The kids are absolutely in love. Katelyn put the jar in her bedroom and sang it beautiful bird lullabies for about a half hour tonight because she thought she could help it fall asleep and relax.
Who knew my husband was such a bird whisperer? He says the bird is called a Golden Finch.
So there you have it folks. The law of attraction in action, and tonight my kids have a Golden Finch in a jar in their bedroom to prove it!!
I love love LOVE these girls and the nights we have been able to share together. It was probably two or three years ago that I first started coming to these girl's nights at Sara's (far left). When we first started, I think I hardly knew most of these girls, but somehow I was invited...probably by Crysta (green shirt) who is always coordinating fun stuff! We mostly laugh and sometimes cry. We almost always eat. I couldn't have imagined how much would have changed in everyone's lives since then, or the many changes soon to come. I imagine this was probably our last girl's night at Sara's (at least in California), but with these girls no matter the time and distance, I'm sure we will have no trouble picking it up where we left off. I wish all my love and all the best to these ladies. I'm excited to see where life takes them all. I am so grateful that they are my friends!! Thank you ladies! <3
We are creatures of habit (at least on the 4th of July). We wake up early to do a Fun Run, we attend a flag raising ceremony, then go eat pancakes or french toast. If we can, we take a swim and have a BBQ, but every year (without fail) we go to the same park with the same people and watch the same fireworks year after year. I love it!!! The kids run around and act crazy until the sun goes down. And this year, thanks to Red Vines and gummy worms, they ran around 4x as fast and 4x as crazy (if my calculations are correct). The fireworks were wonderful as ever, and the finale was over the top. It was like that wolf scene in Twilight that caused seizures in the audience, so I closed my eyes a little. These are a few of the pictures of the kids acting like goof-balls,
so happy to be together with cousins and such. And can I just say it was next to impossible to get a shot of Littleman standing still!!
Happy 4th everyone!!
I love my kids!! I love taking them to this lovely little shopping center and drinking Jamba Juice outside on a nice, sunny California day.
It makes my heart happy. What more can I say??
My kids get FREE swim lessons, from the BEST swim instructor*
*with a running shirt tan, hehe!
I'm not sure why he gives us such a good deal...he must have a crush on me or something!
