studying the hummingbird

Fun Facts about hummingbirds

• They do perch.

• They have very weak feet and do not use them for transportation.

• They fly forward, backward, shift sideways, stop in midair.

• They can beat their wings 60 to 200 times per second.

• They lap nectar with their tongues.

• They can fly up to 60 miles per hour.

• They can live 5-6 years in the wild.

• They are the smallest bird in the world.

• They consume, on average, half their weight in sugar each day.

Abigail's been busy............

Abigail has been busy outside as always.....she is still very much into hopscotch....as she has been for weeks now! But today she was also into running again....this was a BIG thing last year too when she was obsessed with Dash from the Incredibles! So today she was running from fence to fence and object to object.....

Lloyd lit a bonfire to burn some more of the wood and things......

Abigail caught a cricket.......but this Cricket isn't in our bugs of Alberta book so we aren't sure what kind it is (anyone?????) Abigail loves bugs........

Lloyd is making us all toasted cheese sandwiches now. No one is very hungry so thats fine.......

Christie emailed me a few times today...in one of her emails she talked about how boring it is with just one child and asked what parents of one child do all day........so funny! I know exactly shat she means. Today I only have three of my children here yet it seems so quiet.....boring at times....and like something is missing (well it is lol).........its a strange feeling. We still have three children here but that doesn't seem like many.....and I even said to Lloyd,.......because there aren't many of us maybe we should eat out......but to some people 3 children would be a LOT!!!!!

Sam with Daddy....................

Big Boys toys....................

Lloyd has wanted one of these cars since he was about 12! So on Thursday he treated himself to one!!!! Its a gas powered remote controlled truck.......a Traxxas Revo 3.3 It does 45+ MPH or so he tells me lol! Do men ever grow up?????

Lloyd never buys himself anything.......so I love that he wasted so much money on this toy even though to me it is a waste of money ;) He's happy and the kids love it too so that makes me happy :)

But how long can you stand and make a car go backwards and forwards??? I just don't get thr thrill........he has friends (and I have friends whose DH's.........) fly little planes as a hobby...I don't get that either...must be a guy thing......................

Cairo on the deck..........

Cairo fast asleep on the back deck this afternoon.................

Egg hunt.............

We just did the daily egg hunt.......9 eggs so far today.....now the children are outside helping Lloyd fix my bik...the handle bar needs altering.................oh and the two eggs in the dish are to show the size difference between the eggs from chickens who have just laid their first, and the eggs from the chickens that have been laying for a week now........first eggs are really sweet and tiny :)

We had scrambled eggs with dinner last night...so nice eating eggs form our very own chickens :)

Thursdays sunset for you..............

Saturday sighs..................

It's Saturday......the first day of a three day weekend....so we decided to get all the errands out of the way...basically Lloyd and I headed to Costco this morning. We stopped off at Starbucks on the way. I saw L from the homeschool group in Costco which was a nice surprise. I told Lloyd that she is 'the lady with the gnomes' as in she carries little gnomes around with her and takes their photograph at different places (like the worlds largest goose lol!) and then pust the pictures on a website.....kind of like a flat stanley but a travelling gnome instead. I think it's cool!

I bought one of those lovely soft cuddly throws at Costco.....a cream coloured one to go on the new brown leather sofas (that we don't actually have yet but plan to get one day..............lol! At least I am prepared with the throw anyway ;)

We didn't get much else there actually apart from food which is unsual. We normally buy quite a bit...although Lloyd did really like the beds they had in there for the girls bedroom.

We got home and unpacked the groceries. Unpacking groceries is a real family affair......I stay in the kitchen and start putting things in the right places while the children carry everything in...anything for upstairs goes on the stairs and it's Abigails job to take everything on the stairs up to my room.......Lloyd sorts all the frozen foods to take into the freezer that is in the garage.........then I sort the meats into portions ready to be frozen......and cookies and cakes etc - anything like that we buy in bulk gets sorted into ziplocs and frozen.

So now Lloyd has driven back into town as Chris has to work at the library this afternoon. Laurie has gone too as Laurie is sleeping over at his friends tonight....and Chris is sleeping over at his friends too so once Lloyd gets back in a minute he is home until tomorrow....no more running about :)

Lloyd is going to Sobeys too as we need a few things for the quiches. Now the chickens are laying a dozen eggs a day I can start to make my pasta and quiches......So I plan to make some this evening......

We are hoping to go and see some goats tonight. 3 female pygmy goats........thats kind of exciting! Apart from that we plan to do not much!!!! Relax, potter about outside, go for a walk with the dogs........maybe I will go for a cycle ride with Susannah.......maybe play a board game.....

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Wow I started this an hour ago!!! I just got off the phone to my Mum and while I was on there, a hummingbird fluttered on the porch.......on my geraniums and in my lilies!!!!! Its the first time I have eve seen a hummingbird!! They are tiny and so so fast...how will Iever get a photograph of one???? So tomorrow we are off to buy a hummingbird feeder for the porch! Wonderful.....


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