The Robin Family

Around the 3rd week of May we discovered a robin had built
a nest outside our back door. About a week later there were 3
babies. About 12 days later, the babies were leaving home!!!

On this day a church was holding an Annual Fishing Derby, so Daddy took me. It was the second time I had been to the Derby, and the second time I had gone fishing. I caught three fish, which was the limit. Last year I caught one fish. My cousin's husband, their children, Daddy, and I rode together. I caught a rainbow trout. Also, when we ate the fish for supper Mom wouldn't eat them because they died in the bucket, instead of us killing them. We did kill them! With the hook! :-)

The babies have hatched! Mom looked at the cage one day and all the sudden we heard:
"Ohhhh my goodness! Lindsey get the camera! Ohhhh my goodness!"
I said: "What? what is it?"
Mom: "The babies, the Praying Mantis babies hatched. Oh my. Lindsey hurry up!" I think she was really excited, do you? :-)
There are about 150. We covered the Japanese Maple tree with a net and let the babies loose in it, that way we could find them. We tried keeping one inside, but it died, because we could not catch any fruit flies in our homemade trap. We did try giving it canned cat food because we had read somewhere that you could feed them that. It did work for awhile, but then we were gone all day and it didn't get fed, poor thing. We don't think the cat food was enough. We will try again in the future.

Tax Day Tea Party!!

On December 16th, 1773 a group of men called the Sons of Liberty, dressed as Indians,boarded 3 ships and proceeded to dump the tea the ships were carrying into the Boston Harbor to protest the British tax on tea.

On April 15th, 2009 a group of people gathered in front of the Capitol building in Harrisburg, PA, to protest to the governor and our President the possibility of taxes being raised and the budget spending plans. There were "tea parties" in other states as well. After a few speeches, the people were permitted to enter the Capitol and leave tea bags outside the governor's office door. My family and I were among them.

^ See the tea bag by the pig? ^

To learn more about the Boston Tea Party; click here.

Some Happenings

Hello Springtime!!
If you were reading my blog in November,
we were going to watch this Praying Mantis
egg sack. Well, now the egg sack is in the house
and we are awaiting the arrival of the baby
Mantis'. We have the egg sack in a small bug
cage.We will post more pictures when they hatch.
It is the end of March 2009.











This is me taking apart an old laptop that was given to our family by a relative and had broken. I decided to see how it was made and to see how far I could take it apart. I left almost no screw unturned. What fun I had!! My Dad was jealous because he loves to take things apart too and he didn't get to help me, not even one screw!! I must have the same "curious characteristic trait" as he does. Say that 3 times, fast.

We have here the unfinished product!!
And the finished task!!! I plan on making
some jewelry out of the keys, and key chains
out of some of the smaller memory boards.
I put all the pieces in a box to keep. We are
going to use some of the thinner pieces on a
scrap-book page.

After the fun with the computer, we discovered
Guinea Hens and Roosters having a field day in our back yard. In this picture they are lined up along our dog's pen, curious of the big, bear like creature inside. Little do they know she will not harm them, or anyone else, for that matter. These creatures visited us on April Fool's Day, late afternoon!

What to do for April Fool's Day

Most people know all of the old tricks, but, according to Google, there are new ones out there on the internet. I wanted to do an April Fool's post, but didn't know what to to. So I searched it on Google and found an idea. This day only comes around once a year, so I wanted to do something really good. There is a place that has 101 April Fool's Jokes to play on the internet. So, scroll down a little to find yours!





























April Fool's! That is the Joke!! Hope you didn't see it coming!!!

A Giveaway!!

This pretty apron is being given away by Cheri from A Joyful Handmaiden. Post a comment on this post to be entered for a chance to win this adorable apron!!!