For the Birds

Today, it seems like our household's adventures are all about birds.  It started this morning around 6 am when a bird was incessantly chirping outside my window and woke me up.  I do mean incessantly.  Hubby, who heard it too, stuck in some earplugs and rolled over. I was oh-so-jealous as he drifted back to sleep, leaving me to listen to "cheep.  cheep.  cheep.  cheep cheep.  cheep.  cheep..." 

Later in the day, Noah {who has been fascinated with robins lately} insisted on painting a little wooden birdhouse we bought at Michael's.  I told him we could hang it in the tree out back so that when we water the garden plants every day, he'll get to see it.  Here's how it turned out:

For the first time, I was grateful for the hook the previous owners of our home left in the kitchen ceiling.  Noah is too impatient to wait until part of a project dries to paint the rest, so he did it all at once and I realized there was no way to sit it anywhere to dry.  So, we hung it from the ceiling...trust me, that's not its permanent home!

While he was content to mix blues, green, and purple on the main part of the house, he was super-inistent for some reason that the roof HAD to be red.  All of it.  He was quite determined.  I guess it's the Red Roof Inn for his robins.  Who knows, maybe that will entice my chirping little friend to stay there overnight instead of outside my window...hey, one can hope!

As for me, I've been playing around with my new Etsy shop during Noah's nap, mostly by making some bird's nest pendants to list.  These are the 5 I made so far.  I experimented with making a large version and a miniature version, as well as using some different colored wire.  What do you think?

Well, it's almost time to head over to my parent's house for dinner...Mom's making baked chicken pot pie. Mmmmmmmm!  Chicken's kind of bird-y, right?  Well, hope you have a fantastic day, not one that's "for the birds..."  {Ok, even I'm groaning at that one}. :)