First overnight guest

Noah spent the day and night with us today. Sophie reminded me that this is the first time she has had a friend spend the night. They are sleeping in the guest room, with about 10 Webkinz between them. Michael and Emily really enjoyed having another "big" kid here all day. Especially Emily.

After we picked him up this morning, we went to the Y. I told them to hold hands in the parking lot and Emily quickly spoke up: "You hold my hand Noah?" He did, well mannered boy that he is.

Late this afternoon we had some rain with thunder and lightening. When Emily heard the thunder she ran right to Noah and said "oooh, funder, I skeed Noah, you let me sit by you?" And he did. Sophie looked at her and said "Emily, you might think you like Noah, but I have known him longer so I like him more." To which Noah, always the polite one, responded, "Well Emily I do like you too, but you know, Sophie is my number one girl, cuz she's my best friend." You just can't make this stuff up.

While the twins were napping, they played in our "pool" while I did yardwork. I showed them how to make a whirlpool, and they took that and ran with it. Remember Mrs. Castiglia yelling at us everytime we tried to make one in their pool? I remember doing it anyway.



Here's what I found while trimming the shrubs that divide our yard from our neighbor's.



I called the kids over and showed them; they were so impressed I had to take turns picking them up so they could see it. It was surprising to see a nest with eggs, I thought this was an early spring activity. We have blue jays, cardinals, brown thrashers, mourning doves and grackles that reguarly feed at our feeder, not sure what these are. Any help in identifying them is appreciated.