Summer 2006
The kids and I were out in the back yard gardening, when I noticed a baby sparrow sitting on a shrub. We had just enough time to Ooh and Aah over the cute little bird when SNAP! A ball of blonde fur went streaking past us and the jaws clamped down over the little guy. Nick and I stood in shock, horrified and speechless as the dog swallowed the poor little creature whole. But our sweet little daughter, who was only 20 months at the time, summed up the event very matter of factly with "Bye Bye Birdie"!
Summer 2008
So tonight I was outside with the kids when a ruckus erupted on the neighbor's lawn. One of the neighborhood cats had caught a baby robin and was making a run for it. The neighborhood kids noticed this and descended on the feline as if they were storming the beaches at Normandy. They did manage to wrestle the little robin away without any injuries to humans or the cat. This is Thea (one of the neighbor children) proudly displaying the rescued bird. Now I use the term "rescued" loosely. She was squeezing that little bird pretty tight, and it was none to thrilled about it's new captor. The poor thing was peeping in terror as the kiddos sternly lectured it on staying away from cats and each one tried to pat it on the head. Needless to say there were a lot of pecked fingers. I was having a hard time not laughing, but I did step in when they started looking for somewhere to give it a bath.
Anyway, true to form our daughter frankly summed up the situation. She announced to the crowd of much older children that "You are going to have to put that bird down sometime. Then the cat is going to get it for real. And then it's Auf Wiedersehen bird!!"
I think that Eleanor's use of German to illustrate her point clearly demonstrates how much she has matured in the last two years.
I really wasn't aware that she knew that particular phrase. Perhaps she is channeling her German ancestors?!
1 comment:
Great! Now that I practically peed my pants! That made me laugh, because indeed, I remember the first posting 2 years ago (and laughed just as hard then!)
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