Ms. Hummingbird

This weekend while watching football we discovered a tiny hummingbird the cat dragged in.  It was alive and stuck on the window sill in the livingroom so Sal tried to catch it with a box and put outside.  He couldn't get it in the box without hurting it, so Austin generously donated his binky to helping the poor bird out.  I picked her up and brought her outside to fly away, however, she just blinked and breathed....no flying.  She sat for about 20 minutes until we decided to drive her to the Wild Life Rescue over in San Jose.  When Sal and I went to get her into a box (so she didn't wake up and randomly start flying in Sal's car) I touched her and she took off.  Thank goodness.  We haven't seen her since.



Nathan Turns 5!

Usually for Nathan's birthdays we have a family party on the 1st and a little friend get together later.  For this one though we had one big bash at the Sharks Ice Rink.  We invited the immediate family and 11 of his little friends.  We figured 5 is a big one and we'll have a SMALL get together next year.  It was expensive but loads of fun! 

Everyone got to skate for a couple of hours.  The kids got to build a zamboni (art project).  Everyone ate tons of pizza.  The best part was that Sal and I didn't hardly have to do anything.  The party captain was running around serving, pouring, cutting etc etc. 

Jared

H&A (Hunter and Andrew)

Finn

Miss Cheyanne

Uncle Angelo

Devon & Nathan

Devon, Nathan & Tanner

Uncle Robert thinking he just got 'checked'

Moose

The kids

Happy Birthday Nathan!



This was our annual pic that my mom was having trouble taking.  Grrrr.

This was the best one. Moose was sleeping.

Yay, for a last minute pic taken by my photographer friend!  Still really wish Austin was awake and Cheyanne was a little more in, but this will do.

Kid Funny

Every other day instead of nap time, Nathan does 'quiet time'.  He plays in the play room by himself for about an hour while the other kids sleep.  Today when his time was up I went in to get him and caught him laughing and chatting it up.  From the door it looked like he was talking to himself, but I could only see the back of him. 

Me: "Hey, times up.  Who are you talking to?"
Nathan: (nonchalantly) "My friend Oval.".
Me: "Oh. Who's Oval?"
Nathan: "My friend, here"

(yes that is a makeup sponge wearing barbie glasses on a teacup saucer)

Me: "Oh"
Nathan: "Ya, he's so funny!  And he even farts real too".

Kid Funny?

While looking at a "Pet" book.

Nathan: "Ohhhh, look at the turtle!"
Me: "Oh, cute! I like turtles."
Nathan: "Me too.  Look at his tail! Its so cute. Like a gummy bear. I wish I could eat it like a gummy bear."
Me: "Ew! That's, um, weird."
Nathan: "Ya. And his blood would taste like jelly."

Kid Funny

While talking about numbers during lunch a few days ago.

Cheyanne: "I can count to 30. One. Thirty.....Oh wait no.  Lemme try again....One. Twoooo. Thirty."