Our New Friends

So it's been a little over a week since we lost our poor kitty and we sure miss him. Zora always says he's happy with Jesus, but I sure miss all the annoying things he used to do. Anyways, we've noticed that there are a lot more birds in our yard since he left us. We've seen a lot more quail on our lawn and robins, rock doves, and swallows pecking at my garden. Today, though, it has been very windy and I kept hearing a tapping on our window as if a branch of a tree was smacking our window with the wind, but we don't have trees in our yard. So I went to investigate and found two small finch looking birds perched on the ledge of our kitchen window and pecking at it as if they want inside. This has never happened before, possibly because our cat wouldn't allow it. I just cleaned the windows last week too, so maybe they can't tell the difference. I filmed them pecking, but can't transfer it onto my computer so all you get is a few photos.

Does anyone know what type of birds they are?

Updates of a Mom

So we're supposed to look at the bright side of things. Here's my attempt...Last night Isaac kept me up most of the night because he's pretty miserable and sick. Thank goodness Dora the Explorer entertained my daughter while my son and I took a morning nap. After lunch, I was holding my son and he coughed, spewing mashed banana remnants all over my face. At least Isaac has a cold and not the stomach flu (no vomit)! Isaac's nose has been running all day and he tends to use me as his kleenex. At least I don't have a job interview coming up! Isaac snuck into the bathroom and found Zora's potty full. Luckily, I caught him before he ingested anything. Zora unrolled the 2nd roll of toilet paper (Isaac did the first) this week and dumped most of it into the toilet. I'm just grateful the toilet didn't flood. AHHHWWWW! I love being a mom. TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY!

Aren't they cute?

In memory of Cinders

Something to Celebrate!

So Isaac turned 1 on Saturday. We still can't believe he's been with us a whole year. The time has flown by and he makes life so enjoyable. I call him my tease, because he loves to do things to get a reaction and then he'll take off running with a grin on his face. I laugh when he steals Zora's blanket and then runs away giggling with Zora chasing after her blanky. Here's his blueberry chocolate birthday cake (very messy) and the birthday boy.



But the next day, we found out that our cat, Cinders, was hit by a car and passsed away. I never thought we would have our cat for such a short time. We had a really hard time saying goodbye.

Since it wasn't expected, it seemed to harder to accept. It reminded me that we never know how long we have with loved ones, and yes even a pet can be loved. We'll miss you, kitty so much. We'll never forget you!

We're lovin' the sunshine!

Now that the weather's warmer, the kids are spending most of their days outside. Isaac has a new habit of screaming everytime I bring him in the house. Here's a picture of my sweet hearts. Here's another picture of my not so sweet angel. My kids love the dirt.
And at the end of the day, it's all they can do to stay awake.

Springtime Fun

Isaac loves to play with balls, especially outside. He also loves to eat rocks and dirt. Yuck!

We tried something new by making Jello jigglers inside eggshells. Zora liked to find out what color the eggs would be inside and Isaac downed two by himself.

This is Zora's Easter dress. Her Easter basket is actually a recycled 1/2 gallon ice cream carton that I covered with fabric and a few other items lying around the house! John's school put on another Easter egg hunt so Isaac and Zora got to meet the Easter Bunny and found tons of eggs. Isaac was especially good at finding them. Each time Isaac found one, John would take it and put it in his back so Isaac would scream until he saw another egg on the ground to grab.



We also had an Easter Egg hunt in our backyard. It was perfect because we have little patches of tall grass that were perfect for hiding eggs. After all the snow, it was nice to have sunny weather on Easter Sunday.

Another project for Zora

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I got an idea online to make an ABC matching game with Baby food lids, but I decided to try milk and juice lids. Here's what I came up with. I think it turned out pretty good.
I used stickers for the letters. I put the capital letters on the lids and the lowercase letters on the plastic bag.
At first I was going to use cardboard for the base, but I thought the bag would be easier to use for storing the lids. It's just an old bag that had doll clothes in it that I bought at Walmart. I'm glad I saved it. It works perfect.
Now Zora can match the lowercase letters with the capital ones. She is pretty excited about it!