This post is primarily about our sweet Parker. She has a VERY tender heart. It's one of my favorite things about her, but also one of the most difficult things too. She can cry at the drop of a hat (or a harsh word from her mommy) but she also loves people well and will cry with a friend who has hurt herself or an animal in trouble.
Anyway, Parker gets a neat magazine in the mail called Your Big Backyard (thanks Aunt Judy) that I'd recommend to any parent with little ones who love animals or reading... or both. So we read the latest issue that features birds that we commonly see in our backyard and that led to our conversation about birds having to look hard for food during the winter months. Instead of simply filling up our bird feeder outside I decided it would be fun to make pine cone and cheerio feeders for the hungry birds. Parker had the most fun eating the peanut butter and cheerios. She didn't, however, enjoy getting her hands messy. So I guess I technically made the feeders while she watched. But it did occupy about an hour of a slow winter day. Parker is now obsessed with having Chickadees ("my pavorites") come eat from the feeders. We have two Cardinal families and an aggressive Blue Jay family that frequent them. Occasionally a Chickadee will attempt to grab a bite before the other birds scare them away. It's been fun watching the beautiful birds flock to our patio... and Parker can pick out quite a few varieties too!
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