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"a bird in the hand"

Yesterday we were headed out the door, on the way to the beach, when we had an unexpected visitor:

This little bird flew in when I opened the garage door. Not sure if it had spent the night in our garage, but it scared the beejeezus out of us when it dove into the house. It flew straight into a window, bounced off, and then hid in a fake tree we have in the foyer. After much excited arm waving and screaming from the small men, the bird ended up under the sofa. Poor thing was so scared that I was able to pick it up with no trouble.

Of course everyone wanted to hold it....Little Man said "his feet tickle", and Monkey Boy said "he's super sooooft".  Then they had to pose for a photo...

After the photo op, they were ready to let the it go...

At first it wouldn't leave Monkey Boy's hands, but we gently placed the bird on the lawn and after a few seconds it flew away....right into the tree next to our garage! LOL Hopefully it won't end up back in the garage/house!

wheeeeee~~~~

It's all fun and games.....



...till someone gets hurt! LOL

a little spot of happy in my day

I have been eyeing this mug at Starbucks forever....but didn't want to spend nearly $10 on it. Last night I was in the local supermarket, which happens to have a Starbucks inside, and saw my Happy Orange Mug on the clearance shelf! Woot! It's mine, all mine...and for $4.00, so yay!

wordless wednesday- "guess what we've been doing" edition

love this!

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.

can't get any more summery than this...

Watermelon juice! Just scoop out the insides of a watermelon, removing seeds if there are any (ours was 'seedless', so I left the small, soft yellow seeds in there)...throw the watermelon into a food processor or blender. Puree till smooth. Serve with ice...YUM!

Legoland day

The small men and I went to Legoland yesterday. It was the first time I had taken them to LL by myself, and I knew it would be pretty busy so I was paranoid that I'd loose track of them in the crowds. So I dressed them like this:

I also wore a tie-dyed shirt to make it easy for the small men to spot me if we got separated. We got lots of compliments and comments on our choice of attire- and it sooo easy for me to keep track of the boys.

Then park busy, but not crowded. The longest we had to wait was bout 30 minutes...but most of the rides we went on were less than a ten minute wait.

We got SOAKED going on the pirate ship ride (no pics cuz I wasn't going to get out the camera with all that water). My shirt was so wet that it actually dripped when I wrung it out. Luckily it was a nice sunny day so being wet was a good thing...it kept us cool!

Little Man had received a gift card for his birthday, which meant a stop in the Big Store before we left the park.  He and Monkey Boy each picked out a new Bionicle, and I spotted this while we were in line to pay:

Of course I had buy it! Between the small men being Lego- and popsicle-crazy, it was a must-have purchase. We have already filled the molds and will hopefully be eating minifig popsicles by this afternoon!