Monday, August 16, 2010

The World's Largest Bird Feeder/ Shelter????

Lily came over to the house one day and decided she wanted to build a bird house!  So she looked through a pile of scrap lumber and selected her pieces!  With very little help from adults, she managed to put together this bird house, which really is more like a bird feeder, however she feels it can also be a "shelter" cause it does have a little roof over it!!  (And she asked me if I thought this would go i the book of records for being the biggest bird house!...she is sooo cute!)  She got Papa's battery operated drill and screws and managed to do a pretty darn good job of putting it together.  Then her older sister got involved with painting it!  And as they were getting set up, the "feeder" fell and came apart, so then we did call on "Papa" to assist in screwing it in a little bit better to make sure it holds!  One wipe of the paint brush and Lily's leg was all brown!  "I didn't mean to do it!" says Ellie!  (yeah, like I believe that!!)  Then Lily is catching some drips on her side that came from Ellie painting her side and when Lily flicks her brush to clean up the drips, it splatters on Ellie!  Another time Ellie asked Lily to look at her side...and what does she do, but stick her head into the open space to have a look see on the other side and sure enough, now her light brown hair has a big glob of dark brown paint in it!  Oh and get this, Lily says she wants to be a professional painter when she grows up!  OMG that girl had paint everywhere...on her feet, her toes, her hands, elbows, we are talking everywhere.  It sure is a good thing she put on one of my old  T-shirts to protect her clothes!  When they were all done, I had them go home and take a shower and scrub off all the paint!  Such a fun time they had making and painting this wonderful bird feeder/shelter!  It certainly kept them occupied for hours!  (at my house!)  But that is what Grandparents are for, right??

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