Sunday, May 23, 2010

23 May 2010

Sophie's friend, Zach, brought a baby bird he found to our house to show us. He took it to the same animal rescue center that Sophie took her eggs to and learned that the bird is a killdeer, the same species as the eggs Sophie found. It also turns out that Helen is pretty allergic to killdeers-- the swollen eyes, welts on her face, hard to breathe kind of allergic-- so if anyone else finds a baby bird, please leave it where you find it. Or at least don't stop by our house with it.

Becky celebrated her 36th birthday this week with frozen mango mousse on a macadamia crust.  Very yummy.

Becky made some strawberry freezer jam this week. What a treat! The kids were eating a jar of jam a day, so we have a new jam policy. We have to alternate a jar of store bought jam with each jar of freezer jam. Otherwise our jam will last about 2 weeks.

Abe and a couple of friends tried setting up a domino course using every domino in the box. His friends had to go home before they could reach their goal. Abe stayed up after they left and got all the dominoes arranged. He wanted his picture taken with them before knocking them down on purpose.


3 comments:

Rob and Amy Weaver Clan said...

Wow that dessert looks delicious! The dominos are very impressive!

Kristi said...

Mango mousse on Macadamia crust and freezer jam? It all sounds so delightful. Happy birthday. I hope you had a great day.

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday Becky! I wish we could come eat at your house!