Another Busy Day

Saturday, April 26, was a busy day. Nichole and I got some bonding time in when we went to a Page Company Warehouse Sale together. We got some planners and I got my hug from Jordan Page. As usual she had to bend down to my level and I stood on my toes for a picture. 

You know I love her cookbooks. I've gotten some good advice from her as well. We're all just trying to make it through. I told my husband when I got home that Jordan is going through some struggles that I'm not going through and I'm going through some struggles that she's not going through but we're sisters. As sisters we support each other how we can. We can cheer each other on, give each other hugs, pray for each other.

It was nice to be able to chat with her for a bit at the warehouse sale. It was also nice to get a free gift because we got there before it opened. Tee hee.

After we got home, and after some stuff we had to deal with, Jeremy took Nichole and Lucky with him to see the play, Newsies. Jr. was in the pit orchestra for it. I'm glad he's having these experiences.

I started making Muriel's Pretzel Knots from The Fablehaven Cookbook for National Pretzel Day. When Jeremy and posse got home, Nichole made taquitos. I was not able to finish the pretzel knots before Jr. Jr. and I headed out to have our bonding time watching the play so my sweet family finished them for me. 

I enjoyed the play, loved the music, and am proud of Jr. again.

When we got home I got my taquitos and pretzel knots. Yumm.

April 26 was also National Audubon Day. Nichole and I saw a robin while waiting to go into the warehouse sale but it was too busy of a day to go birding.

John James Audubon's Birthday

April 26 is John James Audubon's Birthday.  As birders, how could we not celebrate?
So Jeremy and I took the little boys out for a drive in the rain today.  Lots of rain.  But there were times when it wasn't raining as hard or stopped for a little while.  The rain and overcast skies made things fresh and beautiful.  We were able to take lots of pictures from the van.

One place had so many yellow-rumbed warblers.  Here are some of their pictures.

We saw some more familiar friends

Killdeer and White-crowned Sparrow

Swainson's Hawk

and found some new ones.

 This is a hermit thrush.

I'd say it was a successful way to celebrate John James Audubon's birthday (and we didn't even have to shoot any birds to do it).

Bird Watcher

Remember when Google told me about Charlie Chaplin's 122nd birthday? Well, today Google let me know that it is the 226th birthday of John James Audubon (you know bird drawings, Audubon Society named after him).
Jr. must have heard his parents talking about it because he saw a bird out the window and told me he wanted to draw a picture of it.
So we put some paper on the easel and let him do his drawing of the bird.

Here's a photo of the bird from out our dirty window.

It's a good thing it happened this way, because originally I wanted to take the boys out bird watching so Jr. could do some drawing of birds we saw, but my mind changed once I saw it was snowing this morning.