I Spy With My Little Eye.....

Nestlings! Welcome little ones! xo

The Best Nest

Last Saturday the four of us spent the better part of the day working on the hedges in our front yard. They had grown crazy tall (and rather wide) and after Dave and I saw a picture of the front of our house from fifteen years ago we decided that the hedges must be dealt with pronto! He did the hedge trimming and the girls and I were on branch collection and relocation. While Dave was trimming the hedges he came across this sweet birds nest. We were all in total awe of it. There is nothing like getting to see a birds nest up close. The intricate detail and sheer amount of work that went into creating it is incredible! We wish we knew how long this nest had been in the hedges. In the (almost) ten years of living here I had no idea that any birds had been living in the front yard hedges much less raising their little ones there!

N Is For Nest

There was big doings in our house last night.  David brought a robins nest in for the girls to see!

They were completely in awe. 

"Mama!  The nest!" 

This simple nest being here has brought with it so many wonderful discussions.  Today we have chatted about why there were no birds in the nest, where they went and if they would be back.  We have chatted about what it would be like to live in a nest and be a bird.  We have examined the nest and noticed all the different things that the birds used to make it.  Which of course, caused the girls to mention one of the favorite books, The Best Nest.  We chatted about what kind of birds we would be.  Grace thought Emma would be a chickadee.  Somehow I think she is probably right!