Feeding Wildlife

 Many, many months ago at playgroup we went out and did a nuture walk and I collected a bunch of pine cones to bring home and make bird feeders out of. Then I forgot all about them until one day grocery shopping Ladybug pointed to the bird food and said we needed to feed them. I remember back and said Yes we can and it will be a fun project for us to do one day!! So I bought a bag, a small bag and put it on our crafts list!
 I got the pine cones set up with cord (donated by The Marine ha ha), I hot glued them on the cones (and boy do I love hot-gluing things). I put a big shower curtain down on the floor, brought out the peanut butter and a bowl of bird seed. I then waited for the kids to wake from their nap to have some fun! Only Mister decided that day to take a 5hr nap, so it ended up just being Ladybug and I making the bird feeders, but it was still a ton of fun and I'm pretty sure Mister would have just ate the peanut butter anyway!

                                        Our work in the making

 Ladybug and I had fun and she made such a mess!! I think the most fun happens when messes are made, especially at this age! And at my age most of the time, depends on who has to clean it all up! She really thought making these was a blast and really did a great job spreding the peanut butter all over and pouring bird seed on them and covering everything! Thank goodness for that shower curtain!! So then we went outside and put them on the bushes that are right outside our big floor length windows in the living room in hopes that we attract lots and lots of birds!!
 It took a few days but befor we knew it we had more than just birds!!!

 This funky little guy has been around here and there but now he really gets up close and even poses for pictures for us! He enjoyed the bird feeders so much that he took off with them!!! Yep one by one he stole the peanut butter and seed laced pine cones! Ladybug calls him the "mini-kitty" even though she can say squrriel she thinks mini kitty is "cuter" she told me! Most of the time he runs away if we move to the window too fast but there are some days when he stands around looking back at us, which both kids (and cat) enjoy beyond words!!

 The we get the bords like this cute one here! he did this wonderful head turn when he saw us in the window!! The kids and I are having daily fun watching our wildlife right in front of us and Ladybug tells Mister made up stories about the names she gives the birds.
 I keep having to go outside and pour more seed around the windows to keep them coming back to us, but for the enjoyment of watching the kids watch the animals it's worth it! I should just go ahead and get some real bird feeders and put out and maybe a corn-cob holder for our "mini kitty" too!