Milizlinx

Mommy's typing away at email and the girls are playing... the play nears the "need Mommy" stage and she hears things like "Let's hide from my Mommy" and "NO, let's scare her!" The next thing that registers with Mommy is the girls exiting their bedroom with a bang and a breathless, "Mommy! There's a bird in our room!" Wide eyes and tight bodies say this isn't play to scare Mommy. And sure enough, a peek inside reveals a pigeon sheltering from the wind.
Mommy's pleased reaction slowly won over the girls who weren't sure whether to be upset, afraid, or pleased. Jasmin especially: But Mommy found some sunflower seeds to offer this lost pigeon. Grace is convinced it is someone else's pet because it has bands on both feet.
It pleased the girls immensely by eating a few seeds before deciding to explore. It wasn't really that afraid of us, just a slow waddle away if we got too close - which was pretty near!
After following it around the house, the girls considerately left it alone in their bedroom and played in Mommy's room instead. It has settled down under Jasmin's bed... Grace wants it to stay and lay eggs to watch hatch...
Mommy is learning just how much Grace and Jasmin know: Jasmin keeps saying "shh" to loud Grace, and Grace is telling us that when the eggs hatch, we have to stay away so the pigeon won't peck our feet protecting its babies :)