Earth Day 2022

Jet really wanted to get out so he and I went out for a drive in Provo Canyon while the kids were in school. It was a rainy day but the rain made things so fresh. I got out at one spot and the birds were very vocal. It was so nice.

It was nice to enjoy our beautiful world on Earth Day, April 22.

Speaking of birds, Jr. submitted a bird photo to the Earth Day contest at school again this year and won third place. Nice, Jr.

Woodhouse's Scrub Jay

 

And I kept with tradition and got a picture of Nichole and Jr. with their Earth Day shirts. To compare, here are pictures from the last couple years, as well. 

2020, 2021, and 2022

Jr. loves to see how much taller he's getting while Nichole has slowed down on her height growth.

What?

International Moment of Frustration Scream Day 2020

October 12 was International Moment of Frustration Scream Day.

Nichole brought out her crocheted puppets to celebrate.

That day was also Columbus Day so Jeremy told me that morning he was heading out to make his "rounds." Heh heh. Get it? Get it? 'Cause Columbus? And rounds? Heh heh.

Actually when he was about to leave, Jet reached up for him so Jeremy took him. Jet is often clingy with Mommy so whenever he reaches out for someone else, they usually take him. Everybody adores that baby. This time, however, when I tried to take him back, he held on to Daddy, waved Bye to me, and looked to the door. He wanted to go with Daddy to make his "rounds." Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Get it? Rounds? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Anyway... we compromised. I got my shoes and socks on and he and I went for a walk around the neighborhood while Jeremy... ran errands.

While we were out for our walk, we saw a little dog waddling around. It was barking and after a little while Jet started making sounds. I figured out he was imitating the dog. So cute. A little bit later, we heard some birds and he started making sounds there, too. So cute again to try to copy the birds. When we got home we went to the backyard and watched jays get peanuts from the feeders. They are big enough and were close enough that Jet was able to see them easily.

After school that day, Lucky brought home a story and some little white ghosts on sticks. In the story, the little ghosts eat things that are not white and turn different colors. It was cute to listen to him telling the story.

I'm glad he's having fun at school.

Jeremy's Quarantine Project

Way back... I don't remember how long ago but sometime within the last two years, Jeremy and Jr. started on a project together- a platform feeder for the birds. They built it, painted it, including learning new painting styles. It was a long time project that finally got done.

Earlier this year, Jeremy wanted to build a feeder for orioles and tanagers, one where you can stick oranges because they like oranges. That didn't take nearly as long since it was just Jeremy working on it. He has plans for other bird welcoming projects with other children which they'll eventually do. 

This Summer, Jeremy put together a bird feeding station with places for various types of feeders, etc. The platform feeder of course, a suet feeder, Nyjer sock, new hummingbird feeders that friends gave us, our bird seed feeder and hummingbird feeder from before, the orange feeder, and a hanging bird bath that Jeremy put together. That's it... so far. The amount and location of these feeders can change at the station since Jeremy set it up with loops and hooks and the stand the platform feeder is on is easy to be moved. I think Jeremy did a good job with it making it all flexible and user friendly.

I realized I never got a picture of the whole thing since Jeremy added the hanging bird bath. Oh, well. I'll have to do that sometime.

Jr. Jr. has found a little spot of Zen out there. Jeremy built a small rock/brick wall to block the sprinklers and Jr. Jr. can sit there with the birds, especially a juvenile Woodhouse's Scrub Jay who is quite bold and will come to eat even with people so close.

It is a nice little area out there. There's still work to be done in the area but it's nice to have a place to feed the birds.