As Super Mario would say... "Here we goooo!"

I decided to jump into the world of blogging as a way to keep everyone abreast on what the kids are up to here in our new home. Hopefully everyone will enjoy reading about the goings on here in our household.

The most recent news is that our poor little parakeet "Birdy" died last Friday. My parents came to visit on Friday and my Dad looked into the bird cage when he arrived only to discover that, alas, poor birdy was no longer with us. I'm sure that she was alive the day before as I remember giving her water and talking to her for a few minutes.

After relaying the sad information to my husband, he asked if I had seen her on Friday at all. I couldn't recall hearing her singing in the morning. He said that he was playing the play station on Thursday night and heard a thump from her cage. He was going to check on her, but forgot to peek in her cage. So at least she went fast and didn't suffer.

So poor Birdy is gone. She lived 8 exciting years so I guess it wasn't a bad life for a little parakeet. We had a little burial ceremony for her. My Dad wrapped her in paper towel and was going to tape the towel shut, but couldn't find tape. He thought about using glue, but Cameron declared that the glue "wouldn't be good for birdy." We finally located the tape and were able to proceed. Isabel said a few words over her grave. "Birdy, thank you for singing that one last song to me!" Then a rock was placed over her burial site in the back yard and Isabel wrote "Birdy" on it with crayon.

I am actually surprised how much I miss that little bird. Every morning she would be singing away in her cage and kissing her little mirror. I wanted to bury her mirror with her, but was told that was just silly. So her cage sits empty in her usual spot way up high away from curious fingers and hungry kitty cats. R.I.P Birdy and thank you for singing that one last song. : )