"THE BIRDS!!!!"

When I was a little girl, Phyllis loved to come wake me up in the morning. To be quite honest, I much preferred her waking me up as opposed to my Dad who "creatively" would super soaker me awake with ice cold water at 5:00am to inform me "the bacon's ready!" Phyllis would always come in singing:
"Way up in the sky- the little birds fly
and down in the nest- the little birds rest
with a wing on the left- and a wing on the right
the little birds sleep- all through the night
Shhhhh- DON'T WAKE UP THE BIRDS!!"

There is a second verse to the song, but it isn't pertinent. Anyway, while living with my parents this past year, Brenden inevitably learned "the" song and loves singing it.

On sunday afternoon we were driving home from church. It was nearly 4:30 in the afternoon, and Brenden was exhausted from Nursery. I realized, as his blinks got longer, that if we allowed him to sleep now, he certainly wouldn't be sleeping at 7:00pm. As we pulled into the driveway, I was finally able to sing him the song he so often sang to me...

...."DONT WAKE UP THE BIRDS"....

He opened his eyed quick, giggled and yelled "THE BIRDS!!"

Oooh, it truly is the simple things in life, isn't it?

My Brother and Me

Since the day he was born, Brenden and Connor have been inseperable.

Big brother Brenden is always concerned for the Connors complete and utter happiness. It's no wonder why little Connor never wants to leave Brendens side.

Sharing toys, sharing snacks, sharing brotherly love... They are truly little spirits sent from above!

They're the two peas in a pod- sweet as can be. Two peas in a pod, my brother and me.

Homemade Nannie-Bread

Our family absolutely LIVES for homemade banana bread! Occassionally I'll muster up the energy and make a loaf from scratch. This time I decided I could combat it alone, and enlisted the help of the hardest worker I know, Brenny Big Boy.

It was by far the most carefully mixed banana bread I think I've ever witnessed- and the most fun I've had making it in a long while.

He was even sure to clean up his mess! Simply sweet.

Looked Out the Window and What Did I See?

"Gampa" loves to cook, but it's pretty obvious he loves his Grandkiddos even more...

So when Brenden started singing "I looked out the window and what did I see..." Popcorn balls became an automatic must-have for the day. Brenden helped Papa carefully unwrap the caramels and pop the popcorn. He even helped form the popcorn balls! But his favorite part was none other than eating the prize.

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