I found this blog on a friends' blog. It's hilarious. Sad to say, I could contribute quite a few photos.

This past Thursday, Buddy found a bird who he lovingly rescued from the neighbor's dog. The kids were so excited to take care of this new "pet", and put it in the cat's kennel to try to nurse it to health. We got some birdseed that we sprinkled in with him and game him a small bowl of water. Buddy wanted it to stay in his room with him that night, but we convinced him that it would keep him up or wake him early, and that he would be better off in the garage.

The next morning, as I was trying to give it some water, it opened its mouth like a baby awaiting food. We were able to drop a few seeds into its mouth and gave it water dropped from a syringe. Yesterday it chirped and chirped at us and was so cute. The kids adored it and loved taking care of it. But, we just couldn't replace the mommy bird, and this morning it passed on. Buddy and Missy are absolutely heartbroken.

Before and After

Last summer we bleached Missy's hair, and she refuses to let me cut the blonde off now that it's so grown out. She did agree to dying it all darker, close to her natural color. So, the other day we picked out a semi-permanant color at the grocery store. Here she is before:

Here's how far the blonde had grown out.



After:

She picked a beautiful color. And she even let me cut her bangs again.

Keane

Last night Ben and I went to an awesome concert by Keane. If you don't know who they are, you can listen to their music here and find out more about them. I love their music. Tom Chaplin has and incredible voice. The concert was great. I screamed, I sang, I nearly lost my voice.

Here are some grainy pictures I took with my cell phone.

Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!

Here's a picture of my mom and me, taken on our way back home from Disneyland. I'm the shortest in the family, but Mom is slowly shrinking enough that if I stand on my tippy-toes I can look just barely taller than she.

I love you, Mom!

Better late than never

California Vacation!

We had a great time visiting my sisters in California, and meeting Mickey! We spent one day at California Adventures--Ben and I loved the California Screamin' ride, Bug loved the Tower of Terror and even got a t-shirt saying he survived it. He rode it three times. The second day we went to Disneyland. Mister and Lemur were more excited to meet Pluto than Mickey. They loved it!

Pluto rubbing noses with Mister.

The third day we went to the beach. It was overcast, and the ocean was cold, but that didn't stop the kids from getting wet up to their waists. They had a blast trying to outrun the waves, bury each other in the sand, and build castles.