Birds, Birds, Birds

We have this bird at our house that is insistent on having a nest right outside our front door. It's in a basket that is right at JJ's eye level. Ryan has thrown the nest out 3 times but the dumb bird just kept rebuilding it. Well, once there were eggs in it we couldn't throw it out again.

Last weekend we went out to check on the eggs and discovered this.

I felt like I had a little bit of a hand in these little (ugly) robin babies, after all, I did keep my own kids plus neighborhood kids from touching the eggs for 2 weeks. And I thought how neat it would be to watch these babies get bigger and fly away. The kids love to check on them everyday. This morning while Allison is having physical therapy at our house I ask her therapist, "Did you see our babies outside?" She says, "I saw the empty nest.....". Apparently some animal had himself a nice snack last night..............so sad.:( Good thing my kids are too young to know the life cycle of a bird, as far as they are concerned those babies learned to fly last night and they are happy and healthy.:)

Future Tiger Woods

JJ got his first set of golf clubs and he and dad and grandpa hit the golf course yesterday. He lasted for 9 holes and when I picked him up he informed me, "Mom, I didn't hit it in the water one time!" And later I found out that daddy let him use a sand trap as a bathroom, wonder if Tiger Woods ever did that?!?:)

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Let the gardening begin

Today we tilled up our garden and planted our first seeds, lettuce. Let's hope we actually get something to grow or I think JJ will be more dissappointed than I will be! They really had a great time!

New Cat?

Did the Schmidt family get a cat? No, wait, that's just JJ eating ice cream on the counter without a spoon! We are raising a bunch of savages!:)

Helmet Heros

JJ got this helmet thing for his birthday, it's a race car helmet with a steering wheel. You are supposed to run around with this helmet on and it acts like you are in a real race. After watching JJ 'race' all day today Allison decided it was her turn.

We're thinking of getting her one to wear all the time to avoid anymore black eyes, nevermind that the thing weighs almost as much as she does!

Happy Birthday JJ!

Today JJ turned 4, he was so excited, he told me today, "Mom, being four is awesome!" He has been waiting on this day for so long, we were all so relieved when it was finally here!:) He had a treasure chest cake, Ryan was busy the last few days putting the playset together so that meant I had to do the cake. It didn't turn out too bad, but I don't think I'll take over the cake decorating duties in our family!


Happy Birthday big boy, I hope 4 is an awesome year!!