Breaking Daddy's Rules...

Gary had one rule... "don't let him eat sand".

Oops!

Ours

Tonight as we were eating dinner I was holding Jack. As he usually is, he was smiling and laughing at me. I was playfully asking him "Are you sure you are mine? Are you really mine?" And he would respond with a belly laugh.

After a few minutes of this Sophie stopped me and said "No, mommy he is ours."


Yes, Sophie you are right. He is ours. And we are so blessed.

Princess Pancakes and Prince Peach

Today on Sesame Street the letter of the day was P. So the girls and I decided to make pancakes and princess bananas for breakfast. We then decided to make peaches for Jack. He loved making a mess while the girls and I made up silly ryhmes with P words. This was their favorite.

"Panda Bear Panda Bear what do you see? I see Prince Peach looking at me."

Jack thought it was quite funny and the girls loved how he dressed the part of Prince all covered in peaches...

Meet Oz

Is this not the cutest baby quail you have ever seen? On June 20th our family took off for an adventure to Starbucks. The girls and I were lagging behind when we noticed Gary had stopped and seemed to have something to show us. We assumed it was a bug since we are bug obsessed lately- so we were very surprised when he handed us Sophie's bug collector and this little face looked up at us.

The baby chick was alone in the middle of the street and Gary watched to see if the family was nearby- he did not see the family so he decided to take action and swooped the chick up and placed it in Sophie's bug house.

The girl's were giddy and quickly started planning how we would keep our newest pet. We told them that the quail belongs in nature and that they needed to place it back in the desert. After a few good-byes Gabby found a safe place for the chick and she and Sophie tried unsuccesfully to leave the quail. Each time Gabby would leave the baby it would follow Sophie back to the sidewalk. It was adorable seeing this tiny baby follow our little Soph. So after a few attempts Gary and I decided to put her back in the bug house and take it home with us.

Of course we had to give the chick a name. Gabby named her Oz and Sophie called her Peanut. Oz Peanut Venezia came to Starbucks with us and then tagged along with us as we returned home. Once home Gabby and I googled "lost baby quail Arizona" and we found this article. We were relieved to discover that taking the baby was the correct thing to do and then we followed the advise from the site. Gabby LOVED helping me find a box and a warm towel... she was so concerned with every detail.

I called the emergency number and they told us to bring Oz Peanut to the clinic and they would take care of it. So at 9:30 on a Saturday night we loaded up the family and drove to Scottsdale (a 45 minute trek one way). Gabby was sad to say good-bye but we were so proud of her.

Who knew there was actually a place for rescued quail- apparently the woman that eventually took Oz has some 900 quails that she is rehabilitating and then placing back into the wild.

Although we had a few tears and two very tired little girls, it really was a wonderful lesson to teach our girls.

Seven Months...