Look what I found . . .

In the tree in our front yard!

A robin's nest with cute little baby birds in it! I couldn't get too close because Mama Robin was glaring at me from the telephone wire and I didn't want to upset her. 

Anyway, a few days later, I found some baby wrens in a birdhouse in our back yard. I actually just went to straighten out the house when I saw this cute little guy.

 

 

 Later, one of the babies was out! I thought he might be getting ready to take his first leap, so I kept watching and watching...

 

 

 Vin saw the little bird too... 

Anyway, I watched for a loooong time. Then, when I wasn't paying attention- he was gone! I was scared that he was stuck on the fence, like maybe he got up there, but then couldn't get back down to his house. So, I went to the other side of the fence to look for any signs of an injured baby bird, but I didn't see one. The mama bird kept flying over by him. I'm going to assume he made his journey safely and flew off! Today, all of the babies are out of the house.

At My House...

There are a lot of really pretty birds at my house. The other day, I got this amazing photo of a bluebird emerging from a birdhouse. It.was.great. Then, I realized that I didn't have a card in my camera. Seriously? I was bummed. Even worse, I think I scared the bluebirds and they left the house, because I don't see them around anymore. Despite that, I still captured a few bird photos. Lately, I haven't taken any non-work photos. I've been exhausted. So enjoy these. :D

   

 I love this one. I can't get very close to this guy, but I love how he is hopping from one feeder to another.

 

Orange lilies are in bloom.

 

 

 Potted plants. Pretty soon the sweet potato vine will droop out of the chiminea.

   

 I thought it would be genius to get some photos from the roof. So I made G climb up there and grab a few. As it turns out... it wasn't that awesome. We need to get on a neighbor's roof to get what I was thinking. Oh well. He took the trouble of taking them, so I will share. 

 See? Here he is: 

 I wish the knockout roses still were in bloom. I'll have to get another photo when they bloom again. 

 

 We have a cactus flower!

 

 

 Garden Phlox and Lamb's ear. 

 

 Coneflowers.

   

 Pink lilies.

   

 Gray owl juniper.

 

That's it for now. I hope you have a lovely Tuesday.

Teeny Tiny Friends

We were pretty excited when we first saw that we had tadpoles in our pond! Vincent and I immediately went to the library and got books about the life cycle of a frog. We learned that it takes 12 weeks for them to grow, get front legs, lose their tails and eventually become a froglet.

We had TONS of tadpoles. We also have some goldfish in the pond. Finally, the little guys got some front legs. Eek! Almost froglets! Then...they all disappeared! We thought maybe the fish figured out how to eat them. We still have a million tadpoles in our other pond with no fish, but I was still sad.

Nothing happened to our little tadpoles... as it turns out, we have a thousand tiny froglets! Vincent and his little friend had a ton of fun finding them and caching them. Don't freak out, we didn't put any in jars or anything.

See? 

 

 Vincent thought it was awesome to put them on lily pads...  

 I didn't crop this photo so you can see how little they really are.  

 The search is on. 

 

Anyway, I hope you guys are having a lovely week so far. 

Hoppy Easter!

Easter 2012.

Basket!

We dyed eggs in the morning.

Then we had a little Easter egg hunt.

Blurry, yes. But cute.

Aw!

We played with chalk.

It was even warm enough to play in water...for about 5 minutes.

Poor Mi-mi.

Lexigirl didn't get out of going through the water either...

This holiday was a different one. This year, we celebrated Easter without Grandpa. Last year we did too, but it was so raw. This year, well, it kindof felt the same... raw. I miss him so much. I cried randomly. I hid so people didn't see me. He was such a special part of my life. I'm not usually this sappy, but Easter fell the day before the 1 year anniversary of him passing so I was extra sensitive.

I remembered how on Easter I used to go to my grandparents house... in my little Easter dress made by my grandma. I would look all cute and even have a little white bonnet-like hat.

I was happy to be spending time with my family. I didn't get to see my brother or sister, but I did get to spend time with my mama and G's family. And I loved getting to watch my little man hunt for eggs and think about all the memories we're making. I like the thought that someday (hopefully a long time from now), he'll be looking back on these memories.

Easter Traditions

Each year before Easter, my mom and I have taken Vincent to Aholt Farms. It's become a tradition that I really enjoy. This year was no different.

Here are a few photos from the trip. I'm not going to crop them or anything because I'm feeling lazy.

Painting a wooden egg

Not scared this year!

Me and EB

Dada and EB

Even Grammy had to sit with EB

Baby chick!

I like seeing the animals.

Pretty mama.

Hayride

My mom's idea of a good photo:

Isn't she awesome? Thanks mom! ;)

Do you guys have any Easter traditions?